A Family-based, Resilience-focused Intervention for War-affected Communities in North-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Queen's University Belfast

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Psychological Distress

Treatments: Behavioral: Family-Focused, Community-Based, Resilience-Targetting Psychosocial Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01542398

PREC 06-2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main research question of the study is whether a family-based, life-skills focused psychosocial intervention is effective in reducing psychological distress and stigma and improving inter-personal relations and functioning among war-affected children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Enrollment: 159 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• War-affected
• eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
• Formerly abducted child or vulnerable child

Exclusion criteria

• severe/violent behavioural problems
• severe learning difficulties

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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159 participants in 2 patient groups

Family-Focused Psychosocial Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention Group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Family-Focused, Community-Based, Resilience-Targetting Psychosocial Intervention

Waiting List Control

No Intervention group