Status:
COMPLETED
Preventing Long Term Psychiatric Disability Among Those With Major Burn Injuries
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins University
Collaborating Sponsors:
U.S. Department of Education
Conditions:
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Mood Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a newly developed, brief cognitive behavioral intervention, relative to supportive counseling, is effective in reducing acute stress disorder (ASD) an...
Detailed Description
Importance: Burns are painful, life threatening and disfiguring. Severe psychological distress, pain and sleep disturbance are among the most common, enduring and disabling of secondary complications,...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 to 70 years old
- acute burn injury
- exceeding criteria on screening instrument at baseline (in-hospital prior to treatment): Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS score ≥ 37: acute posttrauma distress).
Exclusion
- Age less than 18 or greater than 70 years
- Presence of a significant cognitive / neurological or psychiatric condition precluding informed consent (e.g., psychosis, acute suicidality)
- Inability to communicate in English
- intubated or sedated
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 16 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00988104
Start Date
October 16 2007
End Date
December 1 2015
Last Update
August 24 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Johns Hopkins Burn Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224