The Effect of Using the Combat Attention App on the Risk of Post-traumatic Symptoms
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Combat Attention Training.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Israel
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Military service and reserve duty in combat units entails exposure to traumatic events that require mental adjustment. In light of the results of controlled studies that proved the effectiveness an response-time based mechanized training protocol in reducing risk for post-trauma symptoms in deployed combat soldiers, the Israeli Defense Forces decided at the beginning of the Iron Swords War to implement an internet-based App of the intervention. Soldiers and combat reservists were invited to use the Combat Attention App. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Combat Attention App in relation to a control group of soldiers who did not use the App in reducing risk for post-traumatic stress symptoms of deployed soldiers.
Detailed description
Participants who used the Combat Attention App before combat deployment and a group of matched (age and sex) participants who did not use the App will be compared on PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms post deployment.
Interventions
- Behavioral Combat Attention Training
The Combat Attention App is a response-time based mechanized preventive intervention designed to train combat soldiers' attention toward threats before combat exposure in order to reduce the risk for combat-related post-trauma symptoms. In light of the results of controlled studies that proved the efficacy of this preventive intervention, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) decided at the beginning of the Iron Swords War (October 7th, 2023) to implement an internet-based App of the intervention, and
Primary outcome measures
- PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) [Time frame: January-June 2025]
- IDF Medical Records [Time frame: January-June 2025]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Combat Experiences Scale [Time frame: January-June 2025]
- Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) [Time frame: January-June 2025]
- Attention Bias Questionnaire (ABQ) [Time frame: January-June 2025]
- GAD-7 [Time frame: January-June 2025]
- Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) [Time frame: January-June 2025]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age over 18 years.
- Served as an enlisted soldier or reservist during the Iron Swards War.
- Used the Combat Attention App or can serve as a matched control who did not use the App.
- Colloquial Hebrew sufficient to fill out the research questionnaires.
Exclusion criteria
- Below 18 years of age.
- Colloquial Hebrew that is insufficient to fill out the research questionnaires.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
Study locations
Israel · 1 center
- Tel Aviv University — Tel Aviv
Publications
- Wald I, Fruchter E, Ginat K, Stolin E, Dagan D, Bliese PD, Quartana PJ, Sipos ML, Pine DS, Bar-Haim Y. Selective prevention of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder using attention bias modification training: a randomized controlled trial. Psychol Med. 2016 Sep;46(12):2627-36. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716000945. Epub 2016 Jul 5. PMID 27377418
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06710145 · TAU-Combat-Attention