Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms, Psychosocial Distress
Conditions
Keywords
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Sexually Exploited Girls, Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms, Psychosocial Distress
Brief summary
To date, no RCT has examined the efficacy of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Sexually Exploited, War Affected Adolescent Girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This study seeks to fill this gap by designing, implementing and testing such an intervention using both an intervention and waiting list control group.
Interventions
15 sessions of manualised, culturally modified trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Sponsors
World Vision
Queen's University, Belfast
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
10 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
-Suicidal ideation (irrespective of score on any other measure)
Exclusion criteria
* psychosis * mental retardation * inability to understand Swahili * one standard deviation below the mean on every measure
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms as measured by the University of California Los Angelus Post Traumatic Stress Disorder -Reaction Index | baseline, post-intervention and 3-months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in Psychosocial Distress as measured by the African Youth Psychosocial Assessment Instrument | baseline post-intervention and 3-months |
Countries
Republic of the Congo
Outcome results
None listed