NCT04186962

Tetris to Reduce Intrusive Memories in Parents After PICU

A Brief Intervention Involving Tetris Gameplay to Prevent Intrusive Traumatic Memories in Parents After Paediatric Intensive Care: A Feasibility Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: King's College London · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the acceptability and feasibility of a brief behavioural intervention involving Tetris gameplay to prevent intrusive traumatic memories in parents after paediatric intensive care. The present acceptability and feasibility study seeks to answer the following questions: (1) Is this intervention acceptable to parents whose children have been admitted to PICU, (2) how practical is it to deliver the intervention in this setting, (3) willingness of hospital staff to be involved in the recruitment of participants, (4) after having taken part in the intervention themselves would parents have been willing to consent to their child taking part in the intervention, and (5) discover any challenges or barriers in carrying out this study. Furthermore, this study aims to estimate recruitment, withdrawal and dropout rate, in order to act as a preliminary test of the effect of the intervention and inform sample size estimation. The findings from this study will inform the design of a randomised control trial.

Conditions

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Behavioral: Simple cognitive task	A memory reactivation cue followed by playing the computer game "Tetris"

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-03
• Primary completion: 2020-03-19
• Completion: 2020-04-30
• First posted: 2019-12-05
• Last updated: 2020-05-27

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom