NCT02041572

Attentional Bias Retraining in Veterans

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Pacific Islands Health Care System · Federal
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study has two goals. First to develop a computer-based intervention meant to alter cognitive biases that contribute to ongoing PTSD symptoms. Second, we sought to pilot test the intervention in a small sample of veterans for feasibility and acceptability.

Detailed description

Aim 1: Develop Attentional Bias Retraining protocol (Phase 1) * 1.1 Computerized assessment \& retraining programs * 1.2 Procedures and measures Aim 2: Implement in pilot sample (Phase 2) * 2.1: Assess feasibility and tolerability * 2.2: Collect pilot data to plan future studies * 2.3: Efficacy estimates based on changes in response time to dot probe task

Conditions

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Attentional bias retraining	Participants complete a computer-based intervention, which is designed to correct cognitive biases associated with PTSD by training to attend to neutral information rather than the trauma-related cue words.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2014-01-22
• Last updated: 2017-11-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States