The study aims to determine whether CMAP Plus TFBCT is feasible and acceptable for burn survivors with suicidal ideations. To identify any barriers to the recruitment of participants. To determine initial data for the primary outcome measure to perform a sample size calculation for a larger trial.
The study will be conducted in two stages. Stage 1 is to adapt the existing CMAP intervention for burn survivors and integrate it with existing culturally adapted TFCBT intervention. Stage 2 is to test the feasibility and acceptability of study intervention in a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). In the first stage, the adaptation of the intervention will be carried out by a group of experts including bilingual health experts such as psychiatrists and psychologists, the potential users (i.e., burn survivors with Suicidal ideation), and experienced CBT therapists. The expert group will involve in an iterative process of discussion for the adaptation of the intervention including the development of the integrated intervention manual. Stage 2 will be a rater blind, two-arm, multi-site, feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) of CMAP Plus TF CBT for burn survivors with suicidal ideation randomized either to 1) CMAP Plus TF CBT added to Treatment As Usual (TAU) or 2) TAU alone. A total of N=80 burn survivors with suicidal ideation will be recruited from hospitals (Burn Injuries Units) in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar, Multan, and Hyderabad, Pakistan. Each participant in the intervention arm will receive 8 individual sessions of CMAP Plus TFCBT over 12 weeks. Assessment measures will be administered before and after the intervention in the 12th week. All assessments will be rater blind. After post-assessments, a purposefully selected subset (stratified by age \& gender) of participants will be invited for qualitative interviews (upto 15) to explore their experiences and satisfaction with the intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
80
This will include 8 individual sessions of CMAP Plus TFCBT delivered by a trained therapist over a period of 12 weeks. Each session will last between 45 to 60 minutes.
Feasibility Indicator
The feasibility will be determined by collating data on recruitment and retention rates. The success criterion of feasibility will be to recruit \> 50% of eligible participants and retain 70% of participants.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
Acceptability Indicator
Intervention acceptability will be assessed using data on attendance. The criterion for acceptability is a mean attendance rate of \>70% of sessions. This will also be determined by participant's views on acceptability of intervention content, mode of delivery etc. thorough qualitative interviews.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation
This is a 19-item instrument for detecting and measuring the current intensity of the patients' specific attitudes, behaviors, and specificity of a patient's thoughts to kill him/herself during the past week.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
The Brief Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
This is a 21-item measure of growth that uses a 6-point Likert-type response scale. It helps to assess individual's growth by using retrospective self-reported items.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
Suicide Attempt and Self-Harm
This consists of four questions measuring the previous suicide attempt and the presence of self-harm. The scale was taken from the original Self-Harm Questionnaire
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
Beck Depression Inventory
This is 21-items scale measuring symptoms of depression. Higher scores on the scale indicate greater severity of depression.
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Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
Beck Hopelessness Scale
This instrument is designed to measure three aspects of hopelessness, feelings about the future, loss of motivation and expectations.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
The Generalised Anxiety Disorder
This is a 0-3 point rating scale with seven-items to assess common anxiety symptoms of generalised anxiety, panic, social anxiety, and PTSD.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
Euro-Qol-5 Dimensions scale
It's a standardised instrument to measure participants' health-related quality of life. It consists of a self-report questionnaire covering five dimensions of health (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/ discomfort, and anxiety/ depression)
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
Problem Solving Inventory
This is one of the most widely used self-report inventories in problem solving.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
The coping with burns questionnaire
This scale is to measure coping after discharge from burns unit. Most items in this scale are burn-related and alluded to specific difficulties that burn patients might experience.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)
Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief
The Burn Specific Health Scale (BSHS) assess burn specific health status of participants.
Time frame: From baseline to 12th week (end of intervention)