Intensive care by osteopathy for victims of road traffic accidents (RTA) (AIVIO: Aide Intensive aux Victimes d?Accident de la Voie Publique (AVP) par Ostéopathie)

Completed

Conditions: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Registration Number: ISRCTN46623132

Lead Sponsor: Catholic University of Louvain (Université Catholique de Louvain) (Belgium)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Recent road traffic accident victims
2. Positive test for PTSD (PCLS>44) over 6 months after the RTA
3. Accept saliva tests: 2 daily saliva samples, one on waking and the other 30 minutes after the first, on an empty stomach and without having smoked or brushed teeth. Over a period of 28 days before and after treatment

Exclusion Criteria

1. People under 18 years of age
2. People under pretraumatic corticotherapy
3. People whose alcohol consumption regularly exceeds two glasses for women or three glasses for men
4. People who did not provide the saliva samples

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Scale (PCLS)<br>2. Salivary cortisol (IBL - AMERICA Salivary Cortisol HS ELISA Kit, a solid phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on the principle of competitive binding), measured twice a day for the 28 days before and after the treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Quality of life (Medical Outcome Survey SF-36) meassured at each session<br>2. Pain: EVA and the item bodily pain (MOS SF-36) measured at each session<br>3. Heart rate measured at each session<br>4. Dissociation (Dissociative Experience Scale - DES) measured once before and once after the treatment<br>5. Depression (Beck depression Inventory 21) measured once before and once after the treatment<br>6. Non traumatic anxiety disorders (phobic disorders, panic attacks, generalized anxiety scale - PPGA) measured once before and once after the treatment<br>7. Alexithymia (Bermond and Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire- BVAQ) measured once before and once after the treatment