Post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD
Conditions
Interventions
KIT is an outpatient, intensive, one-week individual trauma therapy program.
KIT is based on well-established protocols, consisting of two 90-minutes trauma
therapy sessions a day (trauma exposure i
Sponsors
Amsterdam UMC
Eligibility
Age
12 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - 12-18 years of age; - With a history of psychological trauma (conform the Life Events Checklist of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents DSM-5 (CAPS-CA) - At least subthreshold PTSD criteria, conform the CAPS-CA DSM-5, i.e.: o fully meeting criterion A, F and G and at least one symptom of criteria B, C, D and E; o or fully meeting criterion A, F, G and at least the B, C, D or E symptom clusters; - A written informed consent must be provided by the adolescent and, for adolescents aged 12-15 years, all legal guardians.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - unable to speak and write Dutch; - estimated or determined mental retardation (IQ
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All study parameters will be assessed by questionnaires and structured interviews by the research-psychologist, blinded to the group condition of participants. PTSD symptoms will be assessed by the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screening (In Dutch Kind en Jeugd Trauma Screener (KJTS)) and the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents (CAPS-CA). In the substudy there are the following primary outcome measures: (1) PTSD symptoms are measured daily using questions from the KJTS and (2) the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) is administered to adolescents and parents. The CAPS-CA and SDQ will also be administered in the context of regular care. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and anger will be measured with the PROMIS pediatric item bank v2.0 and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Childhood Disorders (SCID-5 Junior, module: 3, 6 and 12 resp.). Quality of life will be measured with the EuroQol-5D Youth and proxy (EQ-5D-youth and /proxy). Cost-effectiveness will be measured with the Treatment Inventory of Costs in Psychiatric clients (TiC-PY/proxy) and the (EQ-5D-youth and /proxy). Risk-behavior and safety will be measured with a questionnaire developed by Hendriks et al. (2017). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactMM Westerveld
Amsterdam UMC
Outcome results
None listed