Benefits of Diving Training on Recovery for Veterans Suffering of Chronic PTSD: an Exploratory Study

NCT03995992 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: IRBA
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Patients suffering from Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) have difficulties in executive cognition that hinder their quality of life and make it difficult to recovery and to reintegrate them socially and professionally. These difficulties are particularly important for soldiers suffering from chronic PTSD. The literature suggests that diving may be a complementary approach to improving cognition, in addition to its benefits on the quality of life of patients with chronic PTSD. It appears to be an intervention of interest to improve the successful recovery for veterans with PTSD compared to a multi-sport practice.

Conditions

Stress Disorder, Combat

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• status of professional reinsertion (having a job or not)

  Rate of professional reinsertion

  one year after the intervention (sport training)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• PTSD symptoms

  two times points ; change were assessed between before and after the sport training (eg. before and 10 days after)

• cognitive symptoms

  two times points ; change were assessed between before and after the sport training (eg. before and 10 days after)

Other Outcomes (1)

• inflammatory level

  two times points ; change were assessed between before and after the sport training (eg. before and 10 days after)

Study Arms (2)

multi sport

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

During 10 days, each morning, from 9 am to 12 pm, participants had sporting activities: mountain walking, mountain biking, climbing, canyoning and collective orienteering running. From 3 pm, they had individual and collective practical workshops based on PTSD psychoeducation, human resources competences and coaching, including a curriculum vitae workshop. During their free time, they could take part in collective activities like table football, pool, party games or have a rest. Relaxation exercises were proposed every day after the sporting activity and before dinner.

Behavioral: sport

diving

EXPERIMENTAL

During 10 days, each morning, from 9 am to 12 pm, participants had diving activities. From 3 pm, they had individual and collective practical workshops based on PTSD psychoeducation, human resources competences and coaching, including a curriculum vitae workshop. During their free time, they could take part in collective activities like table football, pool, party games or have a rest. Relaxation exercises were proposed every day after the sporting activity and before dinner.

Behavioral: sport

Interventions

sport BEHAVIORAL

10 days of sport (diving or multisport), once training per day

diving; multi sport

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• veterans
• having a chronic PTSD evaluated by a psychiatrist All soldiers included in this study were on sick leave for at least 6 months due to chronic PTSD and were waiting for a military invalidity committee pension. They were all engaged in the first step of the Omega project and had a nine-day HRT training session planned

You may not qualify if:

• the psychiatrist did not consider the clinical state appropriate enough to take part in the omega project

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armees: lead

Study Sites (2)

Marion

Brétigny-sur-Orge, Not in US/Canada, 91223, France

RECRUITING

anne-sophie Pellen

Paris, Not in US/Canada, 75005, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Combat Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• marion trousselard

  Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armees

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Marion Trousselard

CONTACT

+33644066637; marion.trousselard@gmail.com

lionel Gibert

CONTACT

33637391518; elgib@free.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: two groups whih differ by the type of sport training: multisport versus diving

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 18, 2019
• First Posted: June 24, 2019
• Study Start: February 8, 2020
• Primary Completion: November 28, 2022
• Study Completion: December 30, 2022
• Last Updated: August 5, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (2)