The Effect of Using the Combat Attention App on the Risk of Post-traumatic Symptoms

Tel Aviv University

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: Combat Attention Training

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06710145

TAU-Combat-Attention

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment

1,000 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

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