NCT06476457

Use of Facilitated STAIR Coach in Kenya

Low Cost, Low Intensity, Mobile-based Trauma Intervention (Facilitated STAIR Coach) for Use in Kenya

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM) · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The specific aim of this project is to examine the feasibility of using a low cost, low intensity, mobile app-based intervention teaching emotion regulation and interpersonal skills to improve general well-being for those with probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Kenyan clinics.

Detailed description

The aim of the present study is to examine the feasibility of the use of the Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR; Cloitre et al., 2020) Coach mobile app delivered through a mobile app for individuals with probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Kenya. This pilot study will recruit a total of 10 participants with probable PTSD. Participants will complete 10 modules focused on learning skills to improve interpersonal functioning and emotion regulation. The sessions will be facilitated by a mental health worker trained in STAIR. Participants will complete baseline (week 0), mid-treatmnet (week 5), post-treatment (week 11), one-month (week 15) and 3-month (week 23) follow-up visits.

Conditions

• Facilatated STAIR Coach

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	STAIR Coach	STAIR is a brief, low-intensity intervention targeting difficulties in affective and interpersonal regulation that tend to be a significant problem for those exposed to traumatic events.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-01
• Primary completion: 2025-07-30
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2024-06-26
• Last updated: 2024-06-26