NCT03898271: VW

PTSD Training for PCPs in a Virtual World

Completed NA Last updated 23 October 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Virtual World in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in 200 participants. Completed.

Timeline

1 October 2015

Primary endpoint
30 September 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	200
Start date	1 October 2015
Primary completion	30 September 2020
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Virtual World

Conditions studied

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder — all drugs for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder →

Sponsor

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The overall goal of this project is improve access to and engagement in quality care for military service personnel and Veterans suffering with posttraumatic stress (PTS). Veterans often present to their primary care providers with symptoms of PTS and related physical problems; however, most primary care providers have not been trained to care for Veterans with PTS or communicate with them in ways that motivate them to engage in care.

In this study instigators propose to design, test and prepare to implement a Virtual World PTS and Motivational Interviewing training for primary care providers by taking the following steps: (1) partner with stakeholders to iteratively design the training which takes full advantage of the affordances of Virtual World technology to enhance training interactivity, effectiveness, and durability, (2) perform a randomized control trial to compare the virtual world training with an online training, and (3) summarize the findings and prepare for implementation and dissemination of the new training by soliciting feedback from primary care providers who participated in the training and from original project stakeholders.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Virtual Worlds Technology to Enhance Training for Primary Care Providers in Assessment and Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using Motivational Interviewing: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Manuel JK, Purcell N, Abadjian L, Cardoos S, et al · · 2023 · cited 4× · PMID 37639299 · DOI 10.2196/42862