- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05171868
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for Police Personnel
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for Stress, Psychological Trauma and Suicidal Ideation in Police Personnel: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial
Objectives:
- To examine the feasibility of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as an intervention to reduce psychological trauma and stress amongst police officers in Pakistan.
- To test whether reducing stress and psychological trauma reduces suicidal ideation in police officers.
- To explore participants' experiences with EMDR Intervention.
Study design and setting:
The study will be a mixed-method feasibility randomized controlled trial of EMDR as an intervention in treating symptoms such as stress, trauma and suicidal ideation in police officers. The study will be conducted in five major cities in Pakistan: Rawalpindi, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, and Lahore.
Sample size:
A total of N=80 eligible police officers will be recruited and randomized in the study.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: MUQADDAS ASIF
- Phone Number: 042-35842310
- Email: muqaddas.asif@pill.org.pk
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Tayyeba Kiran
- Phone Number: 021-36703712
- Email: tayyeba.kiran@pill.org.pk
Study Locations
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KPK
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Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan, 25000
- Recruiting
- Prison settings Peshawar
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Contact:
- Umair Ahsen
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Having suicidal ideation measured as a score > 2 on Beck scale of suicidal ideation
- Aged 18 years - 60 years' old
- Police officer with psychological trauma measured with the International Trauma Questionnaire and stress measured with stress subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress scale
Exclusion Criteria:
- Less than 12 months' experience in the police officer.
- Participants reporting active suicidal ideation measured as a score of 2 on item no 4 of BSSI will be excluded and referred to a psychiatric service.
- With current history of use of hard/psychoactive substances (excluding tobacco and caffeine).
- Unable to provide consent due to severe mental or physical illness.
- Unlikely to be available for the entire duration of the study.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: EMDR receiving group
EMDR is a psychotherapeutic approach that emphasizes the role of the brain's information processing system in perfecting the psychological consequences of distressing events.
EMDR is an eight-phase treatment protocol, including procedure that focuses on the memories underlying current problems and those that must be specifically addressed to bring the client to a robust state of psychological health.
One of its distinguishing aspects is its use of bilateral physical stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movements, alternating hand taps, or alternating auditory tones while the person undergoing treatment is mentally focusing on aspects of various life experiences.
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Each participant in the intervention group will receive 8 individual, weekly EMDR sessions over 8 weeks.
Each session will take approximately 60-90 minutes.
The sessions will be delivered at a place convenient to the participant.
Trained EMDR therapists will deliver the intervention.
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No Intervention: Waiting list Control Group
The control group will receive their routine care as usual.
Once the trial is completed they will be invited for EMDR sessions
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Feasibility of recruitment
Time Frame: From baseline to 8th week (at the end of intervention)
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The feasibility will be determined by collecting data on recruitment rates.
The success criterion of feasibility will be to recruit > 50% of eligible participants.
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From baseline to 8th week (at the end of intervention)
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Acceptability measure
Time Frame: From baseline to 8th week (at the end of intervention)
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Intervention acceptability will be assessed using data on intervention attendance.
The criterion for acceptability is the intervention attendance rate of > 5 sessions.
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From baseline to 8th week (at the end of intervention)
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Feasibility of Retention
Time Frame: From baseline to 8th week (at the end of intervention)
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The feasibility of retention will be determined by collecting data on retention rates.
The success criterion of feasibility of retention will be to retain > 50% participants.
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From baseline to 8th week (at the end of intervention)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation
Time Frame: Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation is a 19-item instrument for detecting and measuring the current intensity of patient-specific attitude, behavior, and specificity of patient thoughts to kill themselves during the past week.
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Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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The International Trauma Questionnaire
Time Frame: Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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The International Trauma Questionnaire is a brief, simple-worded measure focusing on the core features of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale
Time Frame: Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale is consist of three subscales that measure the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress and consist of 7 items per subscale.
The participants are requested to use 4-point severity/frequency scales to rate the extent to which they have experienced each state over the past week.
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Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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Beck Hopelessness Scale
Time Frame: Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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Beck hopelessness scale measure three aspects of hopelessness; feelings about the future, loss of motivation and expectations.
The scale consists of 20 statements each of which is scored as 0 or 1.
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Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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Sleep Quality Questionnaire
Time Frame: Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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Sleep Quality Questionnaire consists of eight items rated on a 5-point scale.
It measures self-reported alertness, sleepiness, tiredness, and functional impairments associated with sleep and problems during waking hours within the past seven days.
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Change in problem scores from baseline to 8th week
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Coping Resource Inventory
Time Frame: Change in coping resources scores from baseline to 8th week
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The Coping Resource Inventory assesses the individual's stress management and coping resources with stress.
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Change in coping resources scores from baseline to 8th week
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Nasim Chahudhry, Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning
- Principal Investigator: Nusrat Husain, University of Manchester
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- SAHAR M-EMDR-001
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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