A preventative programme for victims of violent crime

• Register: ISRCTN
• Last refreshed on: 12 February 2013
• Main ID: ISRCTN77561786
• Date of registration: 23/01/2004
• Primary sponsor: Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
• Public title: A preventative programme for victims of violent crime N/A
• Date of first enrolment: Nov 1 1994
• Target sample size: 157
• Recruitment status: Completed/Not recruiting
• URL: http://isrctn.org/ISRCTN77561786
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Randomised controlled trial

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom

Contacts

• Name: Chris Brewin

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Individuals who had been the victims of a violent crime within the past month. Subjects were recruited from police and hospital sources and interviewed in their own homes.
Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Mental and behavioural disorders: Depression, anxiety, neuroses

Intervention(s)

2161 were contacted and 243 replied, of whom 157 were eligible and were randomly assigned either to an education condition, to a psychological debriefing plus education condition, or to an assessment only condition. Education involved providing information about normal post-traumatic reactions. Debriefing involved in-depth probing about events, thoughts and feelings experienced during the crime. 138 participants were followed up at 6 months, and 92 at 11 months.

Primary Outcome(s)

PTSD and depression are the primary outcome measures.

Secondary Outcome(s)

Not provided at time of registration

Secondary ID(s)

NMH2

Source(s) of Monetary Support

NHS Mental Health National Research and Development Programme (UK)

Secondary Sponsor(s)

N/A