Diving for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Conditions
- Ptsd
- Interventions
- Behavioral: sport practice
- Registration Number
- NCT03332290
- Lead Sponsor
- Marion Trousselard
- Brief Summary
within the components of Scuba diving there are similarities with meditation and mindfulness techniques. PTSD and emotion dysregulation are known to be involved by meditation training This study evaluates the benefits of scuba diving on quality of life and mindful functioning comparing the benefits of diving training using a clinical trial protocol
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
- ptsd
- mindfulness practice
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description sport training sport practice training course lasting 10 days. It included 10 days of multisports practice once (2h) per day. diving sport practice diving course lasting 10 days. It included 10 days of diving once (2h) per day. Diving will be carried out using air at a maximum depth of 30-meters
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method quality of life (Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF)) changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline) four times (baseline, after the course, 1month after the course and 3months after the course)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method post-traumatic checklist scale; a 20-item self-report scale assessing the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD with a symptom severity from 0 to 80 and a cut-point score of 33. changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline four times (baseline, after the course, 1month after the course and 3months after the course)
heart rate variability on morning changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline four times (baseline, after the course, one month after the course and 3 months after the course)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Marion Trousselard
🇫🇷Brétigny-sur-Orge, Not In US/Canada, France