Effectiveness of an Integrated Treatment Protocol in the Management of Chittodvega w.s.r. to Generalised Anxiety Disorder

The term Chittodvega correlated with the symptomatological explanation of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD). The global prevalence of anxiety disorders in 2019 was 4.05%.Medications that widely use in anxiety have been found with considerable amount of adverse drug events. Both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy have been shown to be more effective in previous research studies. Therefore, the study is planned with a combination of Sarvanga abhyanga with Ksheerabala oil, Sarvanga Parisheka with Dashamula Kwatha, Thakradhara, Ashwagandha and Yashtimadhu churna with milk, Shiva panchakshari mantra japa listening, Buddhist meditation and Psychotherapy for a period of five days. All the interventions planned in the study have already depicted positive impact separately in the management of Chittodvega w.s.r to GAD and current study expects to observe the combined effect of the selected protocol. Main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of integrated treatment modality in Chittodvega W.S.R. to Generalised Anxiety Disorder. The study will be an open labeled single arm clinical trial in the inpatient department at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan. Data will be collected using specially prepared case report forms, irrespective of caste, sex and religion. Sample size is 35. Participants will be diagnosed on the basis of 6B00 Generalised Anxiety Disorder ICD-11.  Participants who are willing to give informed consent and comply with study procedures irrespective of gender and socio-economic status and between 18-60 years of age will be included and pregnant and lactating females, individuals with comorbid psychiatric disorders and those who are unable to undergo with the selected treatment protocol will be excluded. Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale and Galvanic Skin Response will be used for the assessment at 0th day before treatment, 03rd day at treatment and 06th day after the treatment. The data will be analyzed using an appropriate statistical software.