Attention Control Training for PTSD Related to Combat or Interpersonal Violence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: PTSD
• Interventions: Behavioral: Attention Control Training; Behavioral: Comparison Task

• Registration Number: NCT03350360
• Lead Sponsor: Creighton University

Brief Summary

Participants will complete a pre and post training psychological assessment. Participants will be assigned to attention control training or the comparison stimuli computer task in a double-blind randomized control trial design. Both computerized dot probe tasks display two stimuli on a computer screen, one above the other, followed by a small right or left arrow appearing in the location vacated by one of the stimuli. Participants are required to respond as quickly as they can by pressing the indicated right or left arrow on their computer keyboard without compromising accuracy. Participants complete 6 training sessions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-11-16
• Study Start: 2017-11-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-11-17
• Study First Posted: 2017-11-22
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-17
• Study Completion: 2020-11-17
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-15
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 73

Inclusion Criteria

• military veteran or woman exposed to interpersonal violence (e.g. domestic or sexual violence).
• significant symptoms of PTSD

Exclusion Criteria

• bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, unable to attend sessions sober.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Attention Control Training Web-delivery	Attention Control Training	Attention Control Training Web-delivery will consist of: * 6 sessions lasting approximately 10 minutes each logged into via the internet from the participants' home. * Each session will consist of 128 presentations of pairs of neutral and threatening stimuli, followed by the presentation of a response cue (right or left arrow to be clicked on a computer keyboard). * Ideally participants will complete 2 sessions per week, allowing them to complete the trial in less than one month's time
Comparison Task Clinic	Comparison Task	* 6 sessions in the clinic of a presumably inactive neutral-neutral stimuli intervention lasting approximately 10 minutes each. * Each session will consist of 128 presentations of pairs of faces, followed by the presentation of a response cue (right or left arrow to be clicked on a computer keyboard). (Note that those receiving this arm, are invited to repeat the attention control training web-delivery arm at the end of their participation).
Attention Control Training Clinic	Attention Control Training	Attention Control Training Clinic will consist of: * 6 sessions in the clinic lasting approximately 10 minutes each. * Each session will consist of 128 presentations of pairs of neutral and threatening stimuli, followed by the presentation of a response cue (right or left arrow to be clicked on a computer keyboard).
Comparison Task Clinic	Attention Control Training	* 6 sessions in the clinic of a presumably inactive neutral-neutral stimuli intervention lasting approximately 10 minutes each. * Each session will consist of 128 presentations of pairs of faces, followed by the presentation of a response cue (right or left arrow to be clicked on a computer keyboard). (Note that those receiving this arm, are invited to repeat the attention control training web-delivery arm at the end of their participation).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms from pre to post test	30 minute long administration at both pre and post training to measure change. (repeat assessments are conducted 1 month apart)	Structured diagnostic interview for PTSD

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Creighton University; 🇺🇸 Omaha, Nebraska, United States