Intervention to Support the Reintegration of Former Combatants and Soldiers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Appetitive Aggression (Appetitive Aggression Scale)
研究概览
简要总结
The project aims to investigate if trauma-related disorders and appetitive aggression can be reduced in former ex-combatants in DR Congo when a specific intervention (Narrative Exposure Therapy for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation, FORNET) is delivered by trained local personnel (phase 1). In a second step, the project aims to investigates the treatment success if this specific therapy is carried out by local personnel who have been trained by other local personnel ("train the trainer", phase 2) under the supervision of experts of the University of Konstanz.
详细描述
The reintegration of former child soldiers and ex-combatants is a big challenge in war-torn countries. Former child soldiers and ex-combatants often suffer from mental health problems and show enhanced levels of aggression. The present study focuses on the reduction of appetitive aggression and the improvement of mental health in former child soldiers and ex-combatants in DR Congo.
The project consists of four steps:
- Training of selected DDRRR personnel(first generation)in FORNET (a variant of Narrative Exposure Therapy to treat trauma-related disorders and to reduce appetitive aggression)by experts from the University of Konstanz.
- Treatment phase 1: Intervention will be carried out by therapists of the first generation. The trained therapists of the first generation will be supervised from the experts of the University of Konstanz.
- Training of a second generation of DDRRR personnel in FORNET by the therapists of the first generation.
- Treatment phase 2: Intervention will be carried out by therapists of the second generation. The trained therapists of the second generation will be supervised from the therapists of the first generation.
The study is conceived as a randomized controlled study. In phase 1 and in phase 2, study participants will be randomized allocated to the intervention group (FORNET) and the control group (no intervention). The treatment effect will be measured by pre-post and 6-months follow-up evaluations.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 70 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Ex-combatants who live in a transit camp in Goma, Congo.
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation
Narrative Exposure Therapy for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation (FORNET)
干预措施: NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation (FORNET): a variant of Narrative Exposure Therapy (Behavioral)
NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation
Narrative Exposure Therapy for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation (FORNET)
干预措施: Control group (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Appetitive Aggression (Appetitive Aggression Scale)
时间窗: 6 months
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale, PDS)
时间窗: 6 months
次要结局
- Functionality (Work and Social Adjustment Scale)(6 months)
- Symptoms of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)(6 months)
- Substance abuse(6 months)
- Re-integration questionnaire(6 months)
研究者
Susanne Schaal
Susanne Schaal
University of Konstanz