Intensive Therapy Archival Research

• Conditions: Trauma, Psychological
• Interventions: Behavioral: EMDR; Behavioral: PC

• Registration Number: NCT03271398
• Lead Sponsor: Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute

Brief Summary

This is an internal treatment evaluation to determine whether eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) or progressive counting (PC) should become the preferred trauma treatment for the investigator's clients. The investigator is using routine/existing in-house measures and case files to track symptom reduction, trauma treatment time, rate of treatment switching (from EMDR to PC or vice versa), and rate of trauma treatment refusal. This is retrospective as well as prospective archival research.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-02
• Study First Submitted: 2017-08-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-31
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-04
• Study First Posted: 2017-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-07
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-31
• Study Completion: 2022-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1200

Inclusion Criteria

• Victims of crimes, including assault, rape, robbery, intimate partner violence, child abuse, kidnapping, vehicular homicide, and suicide
• Witnesses and family members of victims

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Women with perinatal emotional complications	PC	-
Survivors of intimate partner violence	EMDR	-
Teens with behavior problems and histories of abuse	EMDR	-
Survivors of intimate partner violence	PC	-
Veterans with military-related trauma	PC	-
Adult victims of sexual assault	EMDR	-
Adult victims of sexual assault	PC	-
Children who have been exposed to domestic abuse	PC	-
Women with perinatal emotional complications	EMDR	-
Veterans with military-related trauma	EMDR	-
Children who have been exposed to domestic abuse	EMDR	-
Teens with behavior problems and histories of abuse	PC	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in TSI-2 following treatment	Administered pre-treatment, two weeks post-treatment, and 12 weeks post-treatment	Trauma Symptom Inventory-2
Change in TSCC following treatment	Administered pre-treatment, two weeks post-treatment, and 12 weeks post-treatment	Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children
Change in PRS following treatment	Administered pre-treatment, two weeks post-treatment, and 12 weeks post-treatment	Problem Rating Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute; 🇺🇸 Northampton, Massachusetts, United States