Attentional Bias Modification in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

PsyQ80 enrolled

Overview

Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 9 sessions of computerized attentional bias training on attentional bias and on symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

Attentional Bias ModificationBEHAVIORAL

computerized training to reduce attentional bias in posttraumatic stress disorder

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of psychosis, drug- or alcohol dependency/abuse; * Unable to fill in questionnaires in Dutch; * Color blindness (Stroop test).

Locations (1)

PsyQ Haaglanden, department of psychotrauma

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)

Time frame: End of Trial + 3 week Follow-Up

Secondary Outcomes

PTSD symptoms (self-report)

Time frame: end of trial + 3wk Follow Up

Attentional Bias (dot-probe test)

Time frame: End of trial + 3wk Follow-up

Emotional Stroop Interference

Time frame: End of trial + 3wk Follow Up

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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