Intervention to Support the Reintegration of Former Combatants and Soldiers

NCT01624987 | Unknown Phase 2

• 1 other identifier: WB_2012
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The project aims to investigate if trauma-related disorders and appetitive aggression can be reduced in former ex-combatants in DR Congo when a specific intervention (Narrative Exposure Therapy for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation, FORNET) is delivered by trained local personnel (phase 1). In a second step, the project aims to investigates the treatment success if this specific therapy is carried out by local personnel who have been trained by other local personnel ("train the trainer", phase 2) under the supervision of experts of the University of Konstanz.

Conditions

Appetitive Aggression; Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Keywords

Treatment of ex-combatants; FORNET for ex-combatants; Appetitive Aggression; Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Appetitive Aggression (Appetitive Aggression Scale)

  6 months

• Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale, PDS)

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Symptoms of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

  6 months

• Functionality (Work and Social Adjustment Scale)

  6 months

• Substance abuse

  6 months

• Re-integration questionnaire

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation

EXPERIMENTAL

Narrative Exposure Therapy for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation (FORNET)

Behavioral: NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation (FORNET): a variant of Narrative Exposure Therapy; Other: Control group

Interventions

NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation (FORNET): a variant of Narrative Exposure Therapy BEHAVIORAL

During the proposed therapy, the client constructs a chronological narrative of his or her whole life which includes all traumatic experiences and perpetrated violent acts. All emotions, cognitions, sensory information, and physiological reactions are activated and linked to the autobiographical context.In five sessions the trained therapist and the client try to go through all important traumatic experiences and perpetrated violent acts. The sixth session is a group session with four to five clients. The group session is oriented on Interpersonal Psychotherapy and focuses on the role change from soldier to civilian.

NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation

Control group OTHER

The control group receives no intervention.

NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Ex-combatants who live in a transit camp in Goma, Congo.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Konstanz: lead
• World Bank: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Transit Camp for ex-combatants/Reintegration camp for ex-combatants (ETN)

Goma, Republic of the Congo

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Interventions

Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Officials

• Thomas Elbert, Prof. Dr.

  University of Konstanz

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Susanne Schaal

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 19, 2012
• First Posted: June 21, 2012
• Study Start: June 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2014
• Study Completion: February 1, 2014
• Last Updated: July 30, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-07

Locations

RE (1)