NCT03470779

Impact of Combined Psychotherapy and Physiotherapy Group Treatment Program for Survivors of Torture

A Randomized Controlled Wait-list Pilot Study Examining the Feasibility and Impact of a Combined Psychotherapy and Physiotherapy Group Treatment Program for Survivors of Torture Incarcerated in an Adult Prison in Kurdistan, Iraq

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the impact and feasibility of an interdisciplinary group treatment approach, involving psychotherapy and physiotherapy, with survivors of torture that are incarcerated in a prison in Kurdistan, Iraq. The primary aim is to develop initial estimates of treatment effects on symptoms and poor functioning consistent with centralized pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and/or depression. The secondary aim is to assess the feasibility of studying this interdisciplinary treatment program in which local Kurdish psychotherapists and physiotherapists provide a 10-week intervention in a prison, in the Kurdish Sorani language, and to Kurdish participants that present with mental health symptoms, physical complaints, and poor functioning

Detailed description

The aim of this randomized wait-list controlled pilot study is to assess the impact and feasibility of an interdisciplinary group treatment approach, involving psychotherapy and physiotherapy, with survivors of torture that are incarcerated in a prison in Kurdistan, Iraq. The primary aim is to develop initial estimates of treatment effects on symptoms and poor functioning consistent with centralized pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and/or depression. It is hypothesized that participants in the study will present with statistically significant improvements in some to all measures of symptoms and function. The secondary aim is to assess the feasibility of studying this interdisciplinary treatment program in which local Kurdish psychotherapists and physiotherapists provide a 10-week intervention in a prison, in the Kurdish Sorani language, and to Kurdish participants that present with mental health symptoms, physical complaints, and poor functioning

Conditions

• Pain Syndrome
• Disability Physical

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physiotherapy	Treatment group participants will participate in weekly group physiotherapy and psychotherapy sessions as part of the standard program procedure.
OTHER	Psychotherapy	Treatment group participants will participate in weekly group physiotherapy and psychotherapy sessions as part of the standard program procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-19
• Primary completion: 2018-11-15
• Completion: 2019-01-01
• First posted: 2018-03-20
• Last updated: 2019-03-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iraq