Healing Touch & Guided Imagery for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
Healing Touch and Guided Imagery Intervention in Post-deployment Military Personnel With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
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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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jul 2008
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2008
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 1, 2010
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 3, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 5, 2011
CompletedMay 5, 2011
May 1, 2011
2 years
May 3, 2011
May 4, 2011
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
17-item PTSD Checklist (Military)is used to determine the effect of the intervention
After 6 treatments of healing touch and guided imagery
Secondary Outcomes (3)
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
Study Arms (2)
Group A
OTHERThis group receives 6 Healing Touch \& Guided Imagery treatments in addition to standard medical care.
Group B
NO INTERVENTIONThis group receives standard medical care but NO Healing Touch and Guided Imagery.
Interventions
Healing Touch (HT) is an energy based approach to health and healing. It uses light touch to influence the energy field that surrounds the body, and the energy centers which control the flow of energy to the physical body. HT complements traditional health care and is used together with other approaches to health and healing. Guided Imagery (GI) is a form of focused relaxation used to create harmony between the mind and body. Positive mental imagery can promote relaxation, reduce stress and improve mood as well as alter heart rate, blood pressure and breathing.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Female or male subjects 18 years or older
- Post-deployment from a combat zone
- Identified by post-deployment health re-assessment to have PTSD symptoms
- Referred by Camp Pendleton
- Subjects who are willing to sign a consent
- Subjects who are willing to participate for the length of the study
- Female subjects who are now pregnant or nursing
- Subjects who are receiving healing touch or using guided imagery from other sources
- Subjects who have any major health condition that may interfere with participating in this study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Erminia M Guarneri, MD
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 3, 2011
First Posted
May 5, 2011
Study Start
July 1, 2008
Primary Completion
July 1, 2010
Study Completion
August 1, 2010
Last Updated
May 5, 2011
Record last verified: 2011-05