Status:
COMPLETED
Simple Cognitive Task Intervention After Trauma During COVID-19 In Hospital Staff EKUT-P RCT
Lead Sponsor:
Karolinska Institutet
Conditions:
Intrusive Memories of Traumatic Event(s)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This research study is designed to investigate the effects of a remotely delivered simple cognitive task (a memory cue followed by playing the computer game "Tetris" with mental rotation instructions)...
Detailed Description
This is a Randomised Controlled Trial informed by prior feasibility and pilot work (ClinicalTrials.gov IDs: NCT03509792, NCT04185155). The primary outcome is the number of intrusive memories of the tr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Aged 18 or over
- Clinical work during the COVID-19 pandemic in hospital and care facilities (e.g. ICU, ambulance, intermediate care, ward)
- Experienced at least one traumatic event in relation to their clinical work as health care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic
- This/these event(s) at work meet(s) the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM5) criterion A for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence by "Directly experiencing the traumatic event(s)" or "Witnessing, in person, the event(s) as it occurred to others"
- The traumatic event(s) occured since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Report memory of the accident
- Fluent in spoken and written Swedish
- Alert and orientated
- Have sufficient physical mobility to use their smartphone
- Willing and able to provide informed consent and complete study procedures
- Willing and able to be contacted while the study is ongoing
- Have access to an internet enabled smartphone
- Experiences distressing intrusive memories (of a traumatic event in relation to their work as health care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic)
- Has experienced at least two such intrusive memories of a work-related traumatic event during the week before inclusion/exclusion
- Able and willing to briefly write down these intrusive memories (without going into any detail)
Exclusion
- Loss of consciousness of \> 5 minutes in relation to the traumatic event
- Current intoxication during the traumatic event or in relation to study inclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 30 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
164 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04460014
Start Date
September 30 2020
End Date
October 31 2022
Last Update
November 15 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital units across Sweden (e.g. FO Akut, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge)
Huddinge, Sweden, 14157