NCT03484390

Effects of Mindfulness on PTSD

Effects of Mindfulness on PTSD: A Community-Based Clinical Trial Among Trauma Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rochester · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this randomized control trial is to examine the effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on women with posttraumatic stress disorder related to intimate partner violence.

Detailed description

Posttraumatic stress disorder is a prevalent, chronic, and debilitating disorder characterized by a reduced capacity to adapt to stressors, marked by poor regulation in the following domains: emotion, attentional function, and physiological stress. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) holds promise for treating symptoms of trauma and PTSD as evidence suggests it targets these domains. The central hypothesis is that MBSR, which teaches non-judgmental awareness, can improve emotion regulation and attentional function, and diminish physiological stress dysregulation, which in turn will improve PTSD symptoms. We will examine changes in stress capacity and PTSD symptom severity among women survivors of intimate partner violence with PTSD after participation in an MBSR program.

Conditions

• Mindfulness
• Stress Disorder, Posttraumatic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness-based stress reduction
BEHAVIORAL	Wellness Group

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-15
• Primary completion: 2018-05-31
• Completion: 2018-05-31
• First posted: 2018-03-30
• Last updated: 2018-07-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States