Integrated treatment of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TF-CBT) for posttraumatic stress and sleep disturbance in primary school aged children: A feasibility and initial proof of efficacy study

Flinders University0 sites16 target enrollmentJanuary 23, 2024

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

January 23, 2024

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

•All participants must endorse at least one potentially traumatic event with more than 4 weeks elapsed since exposure and must meet the cut\-off for clinically relevant level of symptoms (ages 5\-6: equal to or greater than 16; ages 7\-12: equal to or greater than 21\) on the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS). In addition, participants must endorse the two sleep items (having bad dreams related to a stressful event, trouble falling or staying asleep) as having bothered the child in the last two weeks at least half the time' or 'almost always'.
•Guardian(s) must be willing to participate in the trial, and willing to travel to Flinders University’s Bedford Park campus for the initial assessment meeting, once per week for 10 weeks for treatment sessions, and again three months after the final treatment session for the follow\-up assessment.

•Exclusion criteria for the study include currently accessing psychological or pharmacological treatment for posttraumatic stress or sleep disturbance, significant suicidal intent or risk of harm, diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder as these are known to impact on sleep disturbance in complex ways that are outside the scope of the present study, significant psychiatric co\-morbidity that precludes engagement in active therapy, moderate to severe traumatic brain injury or cognitive impairment, and ongoing trauma exposure (e.g., family violence).