NCT04286724

Tackling Intrusive Traumatic Memories After a Difficult Birth

Tackling Intrusive Traumatic Memories After a Difficult Birth: a proof-of Principle Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: Antje Horsch · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This proof-of-principle study aims to investigate the effects of a brief behavioural procedure including a computerized visuospatial task (the computer game "Tetris") preceded by a reactivation of the traumatic memory of childbirth, on birth-related intrusive traumatic memories and other postpartum posttraumatic stress symptoms. Women who report birth-related intrusive memories after 6 weeks postpartum will monitor their intrusive traumatic memories in a daily diary. After two weeks of diary, they will meet a psychologist to briefly evoke the memory of their birth, and receive a brief behavioural procedure including playing Tetris. Participants will then continue to complete an intrusive traumatic memory diary during two weeks. It is predicted that they will report fewer intrusive memories in the two weeks following the intervention, compared to the two weeks before. This will inform the potential future development of a simple computerized intervention procedure to reduce distressing psychological symptoms after traumatic childbirth.

Conditions

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Intrusive Traumatic Memories

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brief behavioural procedure including a computerized visuospatial task (computer game "Tetris")	Brief behavioural procedure including a computerized visuospatial task (the computer game "Tetris") preceded by a reactivation of the traumatic memory of childbirth

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-07-08
• Primary completion: 2021-03-15
• Completion: 2021-04-14
• First posted: 2020-02-27
• Last updated: 2021-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland