ETfacts: A trauma-informed community approach to encounter the cycles of violence
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Social and clinical factors accelerating the cycles of violence: trauma-related disorders, aggression, acknowledgement and stimatization of survivors. Attitudes towards survivors, avoidance of trauma-specific facts at individual and societal levels.
- Registration Number
- DRKS00015745
- Lead Sponsor
- niversität Konstanz
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1065
Inclusion Criteria
Geographically close to Goma (reachable within hours), about 500 community members
Exclusion Criteria
Logistically inaccessible, active fighting
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Social: Reduction of violence during the last 3 months assessment at baseline and 3 and 6 months later and if possible after 5 years (Threats to Human Life Scale, THL, Köbach et al., unpublished).<br>Clinical. Number of individuals seeking NET (accumulated cases until baseline, after the intervention and 3 and 6 months later as well as 5 years later if possible).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method General disapproval: subscale of the Social Acknowledgement Questionnaire (SAQ, Märker & Müller, 2004). Attitudes Towards Survivors Scale (ATSS; Ferdowsian et al., 2016). Acceptance of rape myths: short version of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (IRMAS; Paynes et al., 1999). Readiness to rehabilitate bonds to former combatants: adapted Social Reconstruction Scale (SoRS-21; Ajidokovic et al., 2011). Mental health: severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSD Symptom Scale Interview – 5; Foa & Capaldi, 2013), shame (Shame Variability Questionnaire, SVQ; Brown et al., unpublished), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ; Krönke et al., 2003), and appetitive aggression in former combatants (Appetitive Aggression Scale, AAS; Weierstall & Elbert, 2011). Assessment at baseline, post intervention and 3 and 6 months follow up, if possible after 5 years.