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NCT Number: NCT06710145

The Effect of Using the Combat Attention App on the Risk of Post-traumatic Symptoms

Military service and reserve duty in combat units entails exposure to traumatic events that require mental adjustment. In light of the results of controlled studies that proved the effectiveness an response-time based mechanized training protocol in reducing risk for post-trauma symptoms in deployed combat soldiers, the Israeli Defense Forces decided at the beginning of the Iron Swords War to implement an internet-based App of the intervention. Soldiers and combat reservists were invited to use the Combat Attention App. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Combat Attention App in relation to a control group of soldiers who did not use the App in reducing risk for post-traumatic stress symptoms of deployed soldiers.

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Key information

Conditions

PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Combat Disorders Mental Disorders Stress Disorders, Traumatic Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

About this study

Participants who used the Combat Attention App before combat deployment and a group of matched (age and sex) participants who did not use the App will be compared on PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms post deployment.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age over 18 years.
  • Served as an enlisted soldier or reservist during the Iron Swards War.
  • Used the Combat Attention App or can serve as a matched control who did not use the App.
  • Colloquial Hebrew sufficient to fill out the research questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

  • Below 18 years of age.
  • Colloquial Hebrew that is insufficient to fill out the research questionnaires.

Treatment and study plan

Combat Attention Training

Behavioral

The Combat Attention App is a response-time based mechanized preventive intervention designed to train combat soldiers' attention toward threats before combat exposure in order to reduce the risk for combat-related post-trauma symptoms. In light of the results of controlled studies that proved the efficacy of this preventive intervention, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) decided at the beginning of the Iron Swords War (October 7th, 2023) to implement an internet-based App of the intervention, and soldiers and combat reservists were invited to train on the Combat Attention App.

Primary outcomes

  1. PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

    Time frame: January-June 2025

    Measures PTSD symptoms according to DSM-5

  2. IDF Medical Records

    Time frame: January-June 2025

    Holds all the medical information and contact with health/mental health professionals during one's service

Secondary outcomes

  1. Combat Experiences Scale

    Time frame: January-June 2025

    Measures the occurrence of specific combat events

  2. Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9)

    Time frame: January-June 2025

    Measures Depression symptoms according to DSM-5

  3. Attention Bias Questionnaire (ABQ)

    Time frame: January-June 2025

    Measures subjective experiences of attention allocation to threats

  4. GAD-7

    Time frame: January-June 2025

    measures symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder

  5. Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)

    Time frame: January-June 2025

    measures dissociative symptoms associated with trauma exposure

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Chelsea Gober Dykan, MA

CONTACT

[email protected]

+972-3-6405465

Yair Bar-Haim, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+972-3-6405465

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tel Aviv University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Nov 29, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 11, 2025

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