Back to resultsTrauma and Truth Interventions (NET) Versus Conflict Resolution and Social Skills Trainings for Vulnerable Youths in Northern Uganda
Primary Purpose
PTSD, Depression, Aggression
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Uganda
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
NET Truth Education
Conflict Resolution and Social Competence Skills
Traditional Ways of Coping
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About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for PTSD focused on measuring Vulnerable Youths in Northern Uganda, Formerly Abducted Children, Reintegration and Reconciliation, Trauma Treatment, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Reconciliation, Revenge Feelings
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- for individual NET Treatment: PTSD diagnosis
- for group interventions: all youths in the selected vocational training centres will be included
Sites / Locations
- Vivo
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm Type
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Arm Label
NET Truth Education
Conflict Resolution Trainings
Traditional Methods
Arm Description
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
PTSD Symptoms and Functional Level
Secondary Outcome Measures
Aggression Reconciliation Re-Integration Conflict and Compromise Behaviour
Full Information
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00893750
Brief Title
Trauma and Truth Interventions (NET) Versus Conflict Resolution and Social Skills Trainings for Vulnerable Youths in Northern Uganda
Official Title
Effects of Trauma-Therapy and Truth Education, Conflict Resolution and Social Skills Trainings and Traditional Ways of Coping in Northern Uganda
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
June 2010
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
May 2009 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
June 2010 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
undefined (undefined)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Name of the Sponsor
University of Konstanz
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
More than 300,000 children are fighting in armed conflicts all over the world. In Uganda an estimated number of 25,000 children have been abducted and forced to fight or work as porters and sex slaves on the side of the rebels during the conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government. Each year, thousands of former child soldiers have returned to their communities after they had fled or were freed from the rebels. It is well known that a high percentage of these youths are suffering from mental health problems. This could be one of the possible reasons why they are facing difficulties to reintegrate into their communities.
The main aim of the proposed project is two-fold. On the one hand, the investigators want to systematically explore the relationship between mental health and important variables for reintegration into the communities like aggression, hostility, feelings of revenge, compromises and conflict behaviour and readiness for reconciliation in formerly abducted and other vulnerable youth (orphans, child mothers and handicapped youths) in Northern Uganda. On the other hand, the investigators want to probe the efficacy of existing and newly developed interventions for formerly abducted and other vulnerable youths that are supposed to foster their mental well-being as well as their reintegration into the society and therewith are part of the long-term prevention of new conflicts in Northern Uganda.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
PTSD, Depression, Aggression
Keywords
Vulnerable Youths in Northern Uganda, Formerly Abducted Children, Reintegration and Reconciliation, Trauma Treatment, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Reconciliation, Revenge Feelings
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Outcomes Assessor
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
600 (Anticipated)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
NET Truth Education
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Title
Conflict Resolution Trainings
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Title
Traditional Methods
Arm Type
Experimental
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
NET Truth Education
Intervention Description
Individual Narrative Exposure and Truth Education in Groups
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Conflict Resolution and Social Competence Skills
Intervention Description
Conflict Resolution and Social Competence Skills in Groups
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Traditional Ways of Coping
Intervention Description
Methods Collected by Local Teachers to Help Vulnerable Children and Youths in Northern Uganda
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
PTSD Symptoms and Functional Level
Time Frame
6-months and 12-months follow-up
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Aggression Reconciliation Re-Integration Conflict and Compromise Behaviour
Time Frame
6-months and 12-months follow-up
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
12 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
30 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
for individual NET Treatment: PTSD diagnosis
for group interventions: all youths in the selected vocational training centres will be included
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Vivo
City
Gulu & Kitgum
Country
Uganda
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Links:
URL
http://www.vivo.org
Description
NGO
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