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Influencing Factors to strengthen Patient Competency and Healthcare of Soldiers with a Deployment-related Mental Illness

Completed
Conditions
F43.1
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Registration Number
DRKS00025360
Lead Sponsor
Sanitätsunterstützungszentrum Cochem
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
38
Inclusion Criteria

Included in the patient group are members of German Armed Force with confirmed PTSD;
Included in the superior group are those who have been a superior to members of the GAF with PTSD for at least six months

Exclusion Criteria

Excluded are all patients <18 years ore > 65 years, patients with schizophrenia, dementia syndrome, manic syndrome, paranoid-hallucinatory syndrome
or when exclusion is recommended by the responsible department
Excluded from the superior group are those who have been a superior to members of the GAF with PTSD for less than six months

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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The aim is to comprehensively identify existing specific and unspecific influencing factors and their weighting on patient competence and the care of soldiers in the GAF with deployment-related mental illness from the perspectives of the two interview groups. It is not intended to generate representative results. The sample size is initially set at 30 interview participants per group. The primary endpoint of this qualitative study is determined by the theoretical saturation for the object of investigation, which is reached when the interim analysis of the interviews shows that no further gain in knowledge is to be expected with regard to the questions asked. Similar earlier studies suggest that theoretical saturation and thus achievement of the study objective can be expected after about 15 interviews in each group.
Secondary Outcome Measures
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