Vedic Counselling for Women Victims of Domestic Abuse

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Intimate Partner Violence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Vedic Counselling; Behavioral: Standard Care

• Registration Number: NCT05261230
• Lead Sponsor: Active Natural Limited

Brief Summary

The Vedic Counselling is the whole person approach, system of total life style counselling based on 'Vedic Laws of right living, right actions, right relationship and right awareness'.Vedic Counselling was developed as trauma focused therapy for this study to treat female victims of domestic abuse.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-10-21
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-18
• Status Verified: 2022-02
• Study Completion: 2022-02-03
• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-02-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-02-19
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-02
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

• Female survivors of Domestic Abuse
• 18 years old or older
• Sign informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe mental illness that requires specialized treatment
• Terminally ill
• Under psychiatric medication
• Chronic illnesses

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Vedic Counselling Group	Vedic Counselling	Vedic Counselling was given by trained and experienced therapists
Usual Care Group	Standard Care	Standard psychosocial care delivered by psychologists.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD)	Change from baseline PTSD symptoms at 12-weeks	PTSD symptoms measured by revised version of the Impact of Event Scale (IES-r) 22 questions and a scoring range of 0 to 88

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptoms of Anxiety	Change from baseline anxiety at 12-weeks	Anxiety was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21, self-report questionnaire consisting of 21 items, 7 items per subscale: scored 0 to 3 on each item.
Symptoms of Depression	Change from baseline depression at 12-weeks	Depression was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21
Symptom of Stress	Change from baseline stress at 12-weeks	Stress was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21
Self-Esteem	Change from baseline at 12 weeks	Self-esteem was measured using the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale. Each question response that gives a score between 1-4.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NMP Medical Research Institute; 🇮🇳 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India