Vedic Counselling for Women Victims of Domestic Abuse

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Trauma Focused Vedic Counselling for Women Victims of Domestic Abuse: Community-based Pilot Study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05261230
• Other study ID #: ANL/GS/001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 21, 2021
• Est. completion date: February 3, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: February 2022
• Source: Active Natural Limited
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 66
• Est. completion date: February 3, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: January 18, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Intimate Partner Violence
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Vedic Counselling
Trauma focused Vedic Counselling intervention was delivered by trained and experienced therapist of Yoga and Vedanta.12-week sessions were provided on one to one bases on personalised approach.
• Standard Care
The active control group received standard psychosocial care provided by the participating psychologists and psychiatrists.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
India	NMP Medical Research Institute	Jaipur	Rajasthan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Active Natural Limited	NMP Medical Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

India, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD)	PTSD symptoms measured by revised version of the Impact of Event Scale (IES-r) 22 questions and a scoring range of 0 to 88	Change from baseline PTSD symptoms at 12-weeks
Secondary	Symptoms of Anxiety	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.	Change from baseline anxiety at 12-weeks
Secondary	Symptoms of Depression	Depression was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21	Change from baseline depression at 12-weeks
Secondary	Symptom of Stress	Stress was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21	Change from baseline stress at 12-weeks
Secondary	Self-Esteem	Self-esteem was measured using the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale. Each question response that gives a score between 1-4.	Change from baseline at 12 weeks