Horsepower - The Effect of Equine Assisted Therapy on Military Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Conditions: Post-traumatic stress disorder
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON51153

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Utrecht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

Veteran
Diagnosed with PTSD
Minimum of 18 years old
Therapy resistant, which is defined as persisting PTSD diagnosis and lack of
improvement in PTSD symptom severity following a full course of two individual
trauma-focused therapies and treatment duration of at least 12 months.

Exclusion Criteria

Participates in other forms of therapy at the moment of participating in this
study
Has a comorbid psychiatric or medical disorder that could be interfering with
participation in the study
Is in a current legal claim procedure against the Ministry of Defence
Shows or has shown aggression towards other people and/or animals

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary study parameters are the subjective welfare parameters that are<br /><br>measured each week in the veterans using questionnaires. These subjective<br /><br>welfare parameters are;<br /><br>• Change in cognition and mood<br /><br>• Change in feeling bad about yourself<br /><br>• Change in feeling guilty<br /><br>• Change in not being able to trust anybody<br /><br>• Change in feeling that the world in dangerous<br /><br>• Change in feeling that the nerve system is destroyed forever<br /><br>• Participation and interest in activities<br /><br>• Collaboration with other people<br /><br>• Feeling positive<br /><br>• Experiencing satisfaction<br /><br>• Experiencing happiness<br /><br>• Finding a purpose / meaning in life<br /><br>• Having a prospect for the future<br /><br>• Sleep disturbances and insomnia<br /><br>• Flashbacks / nightmares<br /><br>• Stress levels</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>De secondary study parameters are the objective welfare parameters that are<br /><br>measured each week in the veterans and horses. These objective welfare<br /><br>parameters are;<br /><br>• Heart rate variability<br /><br>• Salivary cortisol<br /><br>• Salivary oxytocin<br /><br>• Stress related behaviour</p><br>