The acceptance of TraumaGameplay as an early intervention tool to prevent intrusive memories.

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Conditions: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
traumarelated complaints
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON43944

Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Withdrawn

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Slachtofferhulp (study1):
1) exposure to an event according to the stressor A1 criterion of the DSM 5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) such as an assault, robbery, accident, etc.
2) the event happened no longer than five days earlier.

Exclusion Criteria

1) are severely injured (i.e., physically unable of undergoing the intervention)
2) present with symptoms of severe psychiatric symptoms (psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, depression with psychotic features, or suicidality) that need imminent specialized treatment
3) victims of rape or sexual assault will be excluded
4) having insufficient Dutch language skills to complete the questionnaires in Dutch.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ; Borkovec & Nau, 2000).<br /><br>- System Usability Scale (SUS; Brooke, 1996).<br /><br>- A self-designed questionnaire cointaining five questions regarding the<br /><br>experience using TraumaGameplay</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) distress, vividness and emotionality of the<br /><br>memory of the event. In addition, distress, vividness and emotionality of<br /><br>intrusions, and the difficulty of retrieving the images will be measured using<br /><br>VASs (e.g. Engelhard et al., 2011; Engelhard et al., 2010). For a detailed<br /><br>description of the administration of these VASs please see 5.1 Investigational<br /><br>intervention (page 17) of the researchprotocol.<br /><br>- Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R; Weiss & Marmar, 1997).<br /><br>- Experience of Intrusion Scale (Salters-Pedneault, Vine, Mills, Park, & Litz,<br /><br>2009). </p><br>