Mind-body Skills Groups for the Treatment of War-Related Trauma in Adolescents in Gaza: A Randomized Controlled Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Child Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale - 5
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if mind-body skills groups can reduce posttraumatic stress disorder and emotional and behavioral problems in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Do mind-body skills groups reduce posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza?
- Do mind-body skills groups reduce emotional and behavioral problems in war-traumatized adolescents in Gaza?
Researchers will compare the results of adolescents who do not attend mind-body skills groups to adolescents who attend mind-body skills groups see if those who attend groups have less posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and emotional and behavioral problems.
Participants will:
- Be screened to determine whether they qualify to be in the study
- If they qualify, they will attend 5 mind-body skills group sessions (if they are not in the control group)
- Fill out research packets before the first session, after the last session, and at 2-month follow-up.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 11 Years to 17 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •being 11-17 years old and living in Gaza
- •having experienced a political violence or war-related criterion A stressor
- •meeting the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-(DSM-5-TR) criteria for PTSD according to the screening cut-off score on the Child PTSD Symptom Scale-5 (CPSS-5).
Exclusion Criteria
- •former psychotherapy or medication to treat mental disorders
- •having significant cognitive impairment.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Child Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale - 5
Time Frame: Before first group session, 2 weeks, 2 months
Self-report Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptom scale with scores from 0 to 80. Higher scores indicate worse outcomes.
Secondary Outcomes
- Youth Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17(Before first group session, 2 weeks, 2 months)
Investigators
Jamil Abdel Atti
Country Director
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine