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NCT Number: NCT02425280

Effectiveness of Narrative Exposure Therapy Among Refugee Children and Adolescents

This study aims to understand how war trauma affects children's and adolescents' memory functions and mental health, and whether Narrative Exposure Therapy is effective in enhancing optimal memory functions and alleviating mental health problems. The study analyzes the mental health and cognitive and emotional healing mechanisms of therapeutic intervention among war-affected children and adolescents.

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Key information

Conditions

Narrative Exposure Therapy Treatment as Usual

Age range

9 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Centre for Torture Survivors, Helsinki, Finland

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 9-17 years old
  • has spent some part of her/his life living in a country where organized violence was taking place, or at a refugee camp
  • suffers from significant stress symptoms thought be trauma-related

Exclusion criteria

  • acute psychosis
  • intellectual disability

Treatment and study plan

Narrative Exposure Therapy

Behavioral

Treatment as Usual

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Post-traumatic Stress as measured by Revised Impact of Event Scale

    Time frame: 9 months

  2. Depression as measured by Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children

    Time frame: 9 months

  3. Psychological Distress as measured by Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

    Time frame: 9 months

  4. Resilience as measured by Child and Youth Resilience Measure

    Time frame: 9 months

  5. Cognitive Performance as measured by Working Memory Test Battery for Children

    Time frame: 9 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Quality of Traumatic Memory as measured by Trauma Memory Quality Questionnaire

    Time frame: 9 months

  2. Trauma Related Cognitions as measured by Children's Post Traumatic Cognitions Inventory

    Time frame: 9 months

  3. General functioning of autobiographical memory as measured by reported life events

    Time frame: 9 months

Other outcomes

  1. Subjective distress during therapy measured by Subjective Units of Distress Scale

    Time frame: 9 months

  2. Peritraumatic Dissociation measured by Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire

    Time frame: once, at baseline

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tampere University

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Registry information

Official study title

How to Help War-affected Children and Adolescents: the Role of Memory Functions in Therapeutic Intervention

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Apr 23, 2015
Registry last updated
Oct 17, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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