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2024-05-06 @ 2:04 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 1:24 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT04202042
Status:
UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted:
2019-12-17
First Post:
2019-07-11
Brief Title:
Post-traumatic Stress Injuries Among Paramedics and Emergency Dispatchers
Sponsor:
Centre de Recherche de lInstitut Universitaire en santé Mentale de Montréal
Organization:
Centre de Recherche de lInstitut Universitaire en santé Mentale de Montréal
Study Overview
Official Title:
Post-traumatic Stress Injuries Among Paramedics and Emergency Dispatchers
Status:
UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date:
2019-12
Last Known Status:
RECRUITING
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
As part of their work emergency first responders such as paramedics and emergency medical dispatchers are exposed daily to traumatic events These traumatic events can have many impacts on mental health such as acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder Research has shown that intervening early after exposure to a traumatic event helps to identify people at risk and to prevent post-traumatic stress disorder The Psychological First Aid approach originally developed for mass traumas is an intervention advocated by international experts today following a traumatic event However this approach is still very little studied especially when it is part of an organization of emergency first responders It therefore still lacks scientific validity The main objective of this research will be to assess whether the Psychological First Aid program provided by peer-support workers helps to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping
Detailed Description:
In May 2018 Urgences-Santé ie EMT corporation for the Montreal area implemented PFA as a peer-support intervention for EMT affected by traumatic events in the course of their work In collaboration with Urgences-Santé this project aims to evaluate the feasibility of PFA as a post-traumatic peer-support intervention among EMT Feasibility studies are used to determine whether an intervention should be recommended for efficacy testing when there are few previously published studies or existing data using a specific intervention technique This catalyst project relies on participatory research principles With Urgences-Santé stakeholders three specific research objectives were elaborated in order to answer the question Can PFA work for EMT
1 To assess the acceptability of PFA for EMT
2 To assess the implementation of PFA in Urgences-Santé
3 To test the limited-efficacy ie efficacy within limitations such as small sample size and convenience sampling of PFA among Urgences-Santé trauma-exposed EMT
Based on the few studies that assess different aspects of the feasibility of PFA in high-risk organizations this project relies on three working hypotheses First we expect that PFA be acceptable among EMT Second we stipulate that few obstacles limited the implementation of PFA in Urgences-Santé given that this organization followed Forbes implementation framework and favored a train-the-trainer approach Third we foresee that PFA will accelerate the recovery process of EMT as measured by a greater decrease in PTSI heart rate and absenteeism in the days following the traumatic event among those who received PFA compared to those who received the standard intervention ie reference to employee aid program If confirmed these hypotheses will allow us to affirm that PFA can work as a post-traumatic intervention among EMT for the prevention of PTSI Our results would therefore represent a catalyst towards a larger RCT that would answer the question Does PFA work for EMT with an adequate sample size
1 To assess the acceptability of PFA for EMT
2 To assess the implementation of PFA in Urgences-Santé
3 To test the limited-efficacy ie efficacy within limitations such as small sample size and convenience sampling of PFA among Urgences-Santé trauma-exposed EMT
Based on the few studies that assess different aspects of the feasibility of PFA in high-risk organizations this project relies on three working hypotheses First we expect that PFA be acceptable among EMT Second we stipulate that few obstacles limited the implementation of PFA in Urgences-Santé given that this organization followed Forbes implementation framework and favored a train-the-trainer approach Third we foresee that PFA will accelerate the recovery process of EMT as measured by a greater decrease in PTSI heart rate and absenteeism in the days following the traumatic event among those who received PFA compared to those who received the standard intervention ie reference to employee aid program If confirmed these hypotheses will allow us to affirm that PFA can work as a post-traumatic intervention among EMT for the prevention of PTSI Our results would therefore represent a catalyst towards a larger RCT that would answer the question Does PFA work for EMT with an adequate sample size
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None