Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Chris Brewin
ORCID ID
Contact details
Subdepartment of Clinical Health Psychology
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7679 5927
c.brewin@ucl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
NMH2
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
We tested the efficacy of two brief interventions, education and psychological debriefing, designed to prevent adverse psychological reactions to criminal victimisation.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Mental and behavioural disorders: Depression, anxiety, neuroses
Intervention
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.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
PTSD and depression are the primary outcome measures.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/1994
Overall trial end date
31/10/1997
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant 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.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
157
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/11/1994
Recruitment end date
31/10/1997
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Subdepartment of Clinical Health Psychology
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Mental Health National Research and Development Programme (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10473306
Publication citations
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Results
Rose S, Brewin CR, Andrews B, Kirk M, A randomized controlled trial of individual psychological debriefing for victims of violent crime., Psychol Med, 1999, 29, 4, 793-799.