First Responder Safety Training (FiRST) for Resilience and Mental Health
This study, called First Responder Safety Training (FiRST), is looking at ways to improve the mental health and resilience of first responders. It compares two programs: the Worker Resilience Training Program (WRT) and the Fire and Medical Safety (FAMS) program. The WRT is a 4-hour workshop designed to help first responders cope with trauma and build resilience. The FAMS program reviews standard safety guidelines. Researchers want to see if the WRT helps first responders adopt healthier behaviors, manage stress, and prevent mental health problems like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). You can join if you are an active first responder at a fire station or EMS organization. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 800 participants. It uses a randomized design, meaning participants will be assigned to either the WRT or FAMS group by chance.
- What's involved
- You would participate in a 4-hour workshop and receive a booster session at 3 months. Your health and mental well-being will be measured at the start, and then at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for one year after the workshop, with measurements taken at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
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First Responder Safety Training (FiRST)
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 2 statesStudy leadership
- Adam Gonzalez · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Stony Brook University
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What this trial measures
- Health Promoting Lifestyles Profile II (HPLPII)Baseline, 1,3,6,9,12 months
The Health Promoting Lifestyles Profile II is a 52 item self-report inventory of health behaviors and has been used in previous resilience building intervention studies. Participants rate the frequency of participation in each item on a 4-point Likert scale (never, sometimes, often or routinely; range: 1 - 4) with higher scores indicating better health promoting behaviors. The scale yields a healthy lifestyle behaviors total score and 6 subscale scores: spiritual growth, health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, interpersonal relationships, and stress management. The total healthy lifestyle behaviors score will be used as the primary outcome.
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5 (PCL-5)Baseline, 1,3,6,9,12 months
The Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5 is a 20-item self-report measure (scored 0-4 per item, total range 0-80) of current PTSD symptoms severity based on the DSM-5 criteria. The Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5 is a widely-used and validated measure of PTSD symptom severity with higher scores indicating greater PTSD symptom severity. Participants are asked to rate problems they were bothered by in the past month on a scale of 1=not at all to 5=extremely. The investigators will utilize the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5 total score as a primary PTSD outcome.