The Effect of Using the Combat Attention App on the Risk of Post-traumatic Symptoms

The registry criteria, word for word

What the trial wants to find out

Military service and reserve duty in combat units entails exposure to traumatic events that require mental adjustment. In light of the results of controlled studies that proved the effectiveness an response-time based mechanized training protocol in reducing risk for post-trauma symptoms in deployed combat soldiers, the Israeli Defense Forces decided at the beginning of the Iron Swords War to implement an internet-based App of the intervention. Soldiers and combat reservists were invited to use the Combat Attention App. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Combat Attention App in relation to a control group of soldiers who did not use the App in reducing risk for post-traumatic stress symptoms of deployed soldiers.

The 2 groups in the trial

• Attention App Users

  Soldiers who used the App and completed at least one training session

  Treatment: Combat Attention Training

• Non Users

  Soldiers matched on age, sex, and specialty to the Attention App Users group who never used the App