An RCT of Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Sexually Exploited, War-affected Girls in the DRC

Queen's University, Belfast60 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms Psychosocial Distress

Interventions

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral TherapyBEHAVIORAL

15 sessions of manualised, culturally modified trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 10 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

World Vision Rebound Centre

Beni, South Kivu, Republic of the Congo

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms as measured by the University of California Los Angelus Post Traumatic Stress Disorder -Reaction Index

Time frame: baseline, post-intervention and 3-months

Secondary Outcomes

Change in Psychosocial Distress as measured by the African Youth Psychosocial Assessment Instrument

Time frame: baseline post-intervention and 3-months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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