Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Kosovar High School Students Using Mind-Body Skills Groups - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Information provided by:	Center for Mind-Body Medicine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00136357

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the participation in a group program which includes meditation, biofeedback, drawings, autogenic training, genograms, and a variety of movement and breathing techniques will decrease symptoms of posttraumatic stress in high school students.

Condition	Intervention
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic	Behavioral: Mind-Body Skills Groups

MedlinePlus related topics: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Kosovar High School Students Using Mind-Body Skills Groups: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Further study details as provided by Center for Mind-Body Medicine:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Changes in score on the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire
Measurements taken at beginning of study, at 12 weeks (following intervention) and at 3 month follow-up

Estimated Enrollment:	82
Study Start Date:	August 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date:	May 2005

Detailed Description:

The objective of this study is to determine whether participation in a group program incorporating mind-body techniques decreases symptoms of posttraumatic stress in adolescents. Students will be screened for posttraumatic stress using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and eighty-two qualifying students will be randomly assigned to a 12-session mind-body group program or a wait-list delayed intervention group. The program will be conducted by the teachers at a high school in Kosovo and include meditation, biofeedback, drawings, autogenic training, genograms, and a variety of movement and breathing techniques. Changes in posttraumatic stress symptoms will be measured using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	14 Years to 19 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Students having posttraumatic stress (PTSD) as defined according to a scoring algorithm of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire previously described by the Harvard Refugee Trauma group and used in a Kosovar Albanian population. This definition of PTSD requires a score of 3 or 4, on a Likert scale of 1-4, on at least one of the four of the reexperiencing symptoms (Criterion B), at least 3 of the 7 avoidance and numbing symptoms (Criterion C), and at least 2 of the 5 arousal symptoms (Criterion D) in addition to exposure to a traumatic event (Criterion A).

Exclusion Criteria:

No specific exclusion criteria. Students having PTSD symptoms as defined above may participate in the study.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00136357

Locations

Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo
Jeta e Re High School
Suhareka, Kosovo, Former Yugoslavia

Sponsors and Collaborators

Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

James S Gordon, MD

Center for Mind-Body Medicine

More Information

Center for Mind-Body Medicine website This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:

Gordon JS, Staples JK, Blyta A, Bytyqi M. Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in postwar Kosovo high school students using mind-body skills groups: a pilot study. J Trauma Stress. 2004 Apr;17(2):143-7.

Publications indexed to this study:

Gordon JS, Staples JK, Blyta A, Bytyqi M, Wilson AT. Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in postwar Kosovar adolescents using mind-body skills groups: a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;69(9):1469-76. Epub 2008 Aug 1.

Study ID Numbers:	MBSG 2004-01
Study First Received:	August 26, 2005
Last Updated:	December 12, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00136357
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Center for Mind-Body Medicine:

posttraumatic stress
mind-body techniques
war
adolescents

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Anxiety Disorders
Mental Disorders
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Stress
Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Pathologic Processes
Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 10, 2009