Effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation in treatment post-traumatic stress disorder
- Conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Registration Number
- IRCT20180522039775N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Age of 18 to 60 years
Sign the informed consent form
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Having a PTSD checklist version (PCL-5) greater than 50
Experienced no change in psychosocial treatments for 2 months before tDCS
Experienced no change in psychotropic medication
Axis 1 psychiatric disorders or personality disorders.
A history of a significant neurological or medical disorder such as seizure, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury , stroke, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, Huntington’s chorea, multiple sclerosis
Changed medications in the 8 weeks prior to commencement of the trial
Implanted medication pumps of any sort that would increase the risk of tDCS
The risk of Seizure with any reasons, high Intracranial pressure, The history of epilepsy or Seizure in the first relatives, any metal in Head, brain trauma, history of loss of consciousness for more than 5 minutes
Pregnancy, breastfeeding
High risk of Suicide
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Score of PTSD on post-traumatic stress index (PCL-5). Timepoint: Before intervention, Final session, one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Post-traumatic stress index (PCL-5).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Score of anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention, final session ,one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Beck Anxiety Inventory.;Score of depression. Timepoint: Before intervention, final session ,one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II).;Score of rumination. Timepoint: Before intervention, final session ,one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Ruminative Response Scale (RRS).