Healing Touch & Guided Imagery for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
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Purpose
This is a randomized controlled 2 year trial at Camp Pendleton, CA to determine whether a complementary medicine intervention (Healing Touch with Guided Imagery, HT+GI) reduces Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms as compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in returning combat-exposed active duty military with significant PTSD symptoms. Secondary aims will evaluate the effect of HT and GI on measures of depression, hostility, and general health status in this population.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
Other: Healing Touch & Guided Imagery |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Investigator) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Healing Touch and Guided Imagery Intervention in Post-deployment Military Personnel With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms |
- 17-item PTSD Checklist (Military)is used to determine the effect of the intervention [ Time Frame: After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided imagery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Depression (Beck Depression Inventory) [ Time Frame: After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided imagery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Quality of Life (SF36) [ Time Frame: After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided imagery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Hostility (Cook-Medley Hostility Inventory) [ Time Frame: After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Enrollment: | 123 |
| Study Start Date: | July 2008 |
| Study Completion Date: | August 2010 |
| Primary Completion Date: | July 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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Group A
This group receives 6 Healing Touch & Guided Imagery treatments in addition to standard medical care.
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Other: Healing Touch & Guided Imagery
Healing Touch (HT) is an energy based approach to health and healing. It uses light touch to influence the energy field that surrounds the body, and the energy centers which control the flow of energy to the physical body. HT complements traditional health care and is used together with other approaches to health and healing. Guided Imagery (GI) is a form of focused relaxation used to create harmony between the mind and body. Positive mental imagery can promote relaxation, reduce stress and improve mood as well as alter heart rate, blood pressure and breathing. |
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No Intervention: Group B
This group receives standard medical care but NO Healing Touch and Guided Imagery.
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Detailed Description:
The study enrolled 123 active duty subjects from the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Southern California with at least one or more symptoms of PTSD .
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female or male subjects 18 years or older
- Post-deployment from a combat zone
- Identified by post-deployment health re-assessment to have PTSD symptoms
- Referred by Camp Pendleton
- Subjects who are willing to sign a consent
- Subjects who are willing to participate for the length of the study
Exclusions:
- Female subjects who are now pregnant or nursing
- Subjects who are receiving healing touch or using guided imagery from other sources
- Subjects who have any major health condition that may interfere with participating in this study
Contacts and Locations| United States, California | |
| Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine | |
| La Jolla, California, United States, 92037 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Erminia M Guarneri, MD | Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Erminia M. Guarneri, MD, Medical Director, Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01348750 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | PTSD_HSC07_4684 |
| Study First Received: | May 3, 2011 |
| Last Updated: | May 4, 2011 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine:
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PTSD Healing Touch Guided Imagery Military Complementary Medicine |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Traumatic Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013