Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-26 @ 2:42 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-26 @ 2:42 PM
NCT ID:
NCT05984706
Brief Summary:
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents is often associated with a myriad of significant impairments in daily functioning, including family relationships, school/work, leisure time activities, and social relationships. While a majority of attention has been placed on definition and assessment of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), less emphasis has been placed on the effect of PTSS on related functional impairment in daily life. The current assessment of PTSD-related functional impairment is conducted either with additional items inserted in PTSD measures that inquire about daily functioning or with the utilization of global functional impairment measures. The former approach is usually based on face validity only and varies content-wise. The latter approach often consists of scales that conflate symptoms with functioning, focus on impairment due to physical rather than mental health problems, and are not validated in trauma-exposed children and adolescents. Furthermore, scales usually do not include sufficient age-specific adjustments for younger children. Thus, the current assessment of PTSD-related functional impairment in children and adolescents demonstrates noteworthy shortcomings. Despite the well-recognized debilitating effect of PTSD on daily functioning, no measure has yet been developed to assess PTSD-related functional impairment tailored to trauma-exposed children and adolescents based on the input from the target population and their caregivers. The aim of this project is therefore to develop an instrument that assesses PTSD-related functional impairment in trauma-exposed children and adolescents (young children age 1-6 years (caregiver-report) as well as for older children and adolescents age 7-18 years (self- and caregiver-report)) by conducting focus groups and a Delphi survey.
Study:
NCT05984706
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT05984706