Healing Touch & Guided Imagery for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Interventions: Other: Healing Touch & Guided Imagery

• Registration Number: NCT01348750
• Lead Sponsor: Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled 2 year trial at Camp Pendleton, CA to determine whether a complementary medicine intervention (Healing Touch with Guided Imagery, HT+GI) reduces Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms as compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in returning combat-exposed active duty military with significant PTSD symptoms. Secondary aims will evaluate the effect of HT and GI on measures of depression, hostility, and general health status in this population.

Detailed Description

The study enrolled 123 active duty subjects from the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Southern California with at least one or more symptoms of PTSD .

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-07
• Primary Completion: 2010-07
• Study Completion: 2010-08
• Status Verified: 2011-05
• Study First Submitted: 2011-05-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-05-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-05-04
• Study First Posted: 2011-05-05
• Last Update Posted: 2011-05-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 123

Inclusion Criteria

1. Female or male subjects 18 years or older
2. Post-deployment from a combat zone
3. Identified by post-deployment health re-assessment to have PTSD symptoms
4. Referred by Camp Pendleton
5. Subjects who are willing to sign a consent
6. Subjects who are willing to participate for the length of the study

Exclusions:

1. Female subjects who are now pregnant or nursing
2. Subjects who are receiving healing touch or using guided imagery from other sources
3. Subjects who have any major health condition that may interfere with participating in this study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group A	Healing Touch & Guided Imagery	This group receives 6 Healing Touch \& Guided Imagery treatments in addition to standard medical care.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
17-item PTSD Checklist (Military)is used to determine the effect of the intervention	After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided imagery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression (Beck Depression Inventory)	After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided imagery
Quality of Life (SF36)	After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided imagery
Hostility (Cook-Medley Hostility Inventory)	After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine; 🇺🇸 La Jolla, California, United States