Preventing Long Term Psychiatric Disability Among Those With Major Burn Injuries
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Insomnia Sleep Studies, Hospital, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 70 |
| Updated: | 8/26/2018 |
| Start Date: | October 16, 2007 |
| End Date: | December 2015 |
Preventing Long Term Psychiatric Disability Among Those With Major Burn Injuries: the Safety, Meaning, Activation and Resilience Trial (SMART)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a newly developed, brief cognitive
behavioral intervention, relative to supportive counseling, is effective in reducing acute
stress disorder (ASD) and preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.
behavioral intervention, relative to supportive counseling, is effective in reducing acute
stress disorder (ASD) and preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.
Importance: Burns are painful, life threatening and disfiguring. Severe psychological
distress, pain and sleep disturbance are among the most common, enduring and disabling of
secondary complications, however, no evidence based treatments exists for these complex
problems in the acute burn care setting.
Design: Randomized, controlled effectiveness trial, group assignment blinded to baseline
status, groups stratified by history of pre-existing psychiatric disorder.
Objectives. To develop the Safety, Meaning, Activation and Resilience Training (SMART)
protocol; To evaluate its short and long-term effectiveness, relative to viable placebo,
Supportive Counseling (SC), in improving key dependent measures (e.g., ASD, PTSD), mediators,
and, enhancing health and function outcomes.
Setting: A leading edge, State-dedicated, regional burn center in a major, metropolitan
teaching hospital serving diverse residents from large urban settings, small towns and remote
rural areas.
Interventions: SMART (focused cognitive-behavioral therapy with training in anxiety
management, and treatment with prolonged exposure and cognitive restructuring) will be
contrasted with SC (non-directive empathy, warmth, positive regard).
Primary Outcome Measures: Health (psychological distress, sleep, pain), function (physical,
psychological, social), costs (direct and indirect).
distress, pain and sleep disturbance are among the most common, enduring and disabling of
secondary complications, however, no evidence based treatments exists for these complex
problems in the acute burn care setting.
Design: Randomized, controlled effectiveness trial, group assignment blinded to baseline
status, groups stratified by history of pre-existing psychiatric disorder.
Objectives. To develop the Safety, Meaning, Activation and Resilience Training (SMART)
protocol; To evaluate its short and long-term effectiveness, relative to viable placebo,
Supportive Counseling (SC), in improving key dependent measures (e.g., ASD, PTSD), mediators,
and, enhancing health and function outcomes.
Setting: A leading edge, State-dedicated, regional burn center in a major, metropolitan
teaching hospital serving diverse residents from large urban settings, small towns and remote
rural areas.
Interventions: SMART (focused cognitive-behavioral therapy with training in anxiety
management, and treatment with prolonged exposure and cognitive restructuring) will be
contrasted with SC (non-directive empathy, warmth, positive regard).
Primary Outcome Measures: Health (psychological distress, sleep, pain), function (physical,
psychological, social), costs (direct and indirect).
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 to 70 years old
- acute burn injury
- exceeding criteria on screening instrument at baseline (in-hospital prior to
treatment): Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS score ≥ 37: acute posttrauma distress).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age less than 18 or greater than 70 years
- Presence of a significant cognitive / neurological or psychiatric condition precluding
informed consent (e.g., psychosis, acute suicidality)
- Inability to communicate in English
- intubated or sedated
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