Yoga/Pranayama for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Trial

— YOGAPTSD  

Official title:

Pranayama Assisted Psychotherapy in Patients With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: a Randomized-controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03748121
• Other study ID #: 17-7703-BO
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 20, 2018
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of a pranayama focused yoga intervention on post-traumatic symptom severity in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder undergoing standard psychotherapy/ trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT). Therefore, short pranayama sessions of 5-10 minutes will be provided to the patients directly at the begin of each of standard TF-CBT unit, while the control group will get standard TF-CBT alone. It should further be investigated, whether pranayama can enhance the affective tolerance of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder towards the used exposure techniques of TF-CBT.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 74
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed PTSD according to ICD-10

• PCL-5 Score of at least 33 points

• Undergoing outpatient CBT

• Physical and mental ability to perform Pranayama

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe comorbid mental or somatic disease that did not allow the patient to perform Pranayama

• Pregnancy

• Regular practice of Yoga or Pilates in the last 12 months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disease
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Pranayama assisted trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
The pranayama intervention is placed directly at the begin of the respective TF-CBT unit and will be repeated for 10 subsequent TF-CBT units. Pranayama contains the performance of Kapalabhati, Ujjayi, and/or Nadi Shodhana (for overall 1 minute) as well as following Kumbhaka (intentional respiratory reflex inhibition). Pranayama will be repeated 3 times before each TF-CBT unit.
• Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Dietmar Mitzinger	Neuss	NRW

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universität Duisburg-Essen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Treatment Expectation	Treatment Credibility Scale (TCS): The TCS is a standard NRS scale ranging from 0 points (lowest expectation of treatment effectiveness) to 10 points (highest expectation of treatment effectiveness).	week 0
Primary	Intensity of posttraumtic symptoms	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): The PCL-5 is a standard 20-item scale with a sum score ranging from 0 to 80 points. The cut-off point for clinically relevant symptom severity is 33 points.	week 10
Secondary	Health-related quality of life	Short Form 12 Health Survey (SF-12): The SF-12 is a standard 12-item scale with two sum scores (physical and mental quality of life) ranging from 0 to 100 points.	week 10
Secondary	Ability of social participation	Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System - Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities Scale (PROMIS): The PROMIS-Social Participation Subscale is a standard 8-item scale ranging from 0 to 100 points with 100 points represent the highest possible ability to participate/function.	week 10
Secondary	Anxiety	Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI): The BAI is a standard 21-items scale ranging from 0 to 63 points with 0-7 points = minimal anxiety, 8-15 points = mild anxiety, 16-25 points = moderate anxiety, and 26-63 points = clinically relevant anxiety.	week 10
Secondary	Depression	Beck Depression Inventory Revision (BDI-II): The BDI-II is a standard 21-items scale ranging from 0 to 63 points with 0-13 points =no/clinically not relevant depression/depression in remission, 14-19 points = mild depression, 20-28 points = moderate depression und 29-63 points = severe depression.	week 10
Secondary	Distress Tolerance	Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS): The DTS is a standard 15-item scale ranging from 0 to 75 points. Higher scores represent higher distress tolerance.	week 10
Secondary	Emotion Regulation	Emotion Regulation Scale (ERQ): The ERQ is a standard 10-item scale with 6 items are added to the Cognitive Reappraisal subscale ranging from 6 to 42 and 4 items are added to the Expressive Suppression subscale ranging from 4 to 28. Higher scores on the Cognitive Reappraisal subscale and lower ones on the Expressive Suppression subscale represent a better regulation of emotions.	week 10
Secondary	Body Awareness	Scale of Body Connection (SBC): The SBC is a standard 20-items scale ranging from 0 to 80 that contains two subscales: Body Awareness and Body Dissociation. Higher scores on Body Awareness and lower scores on Body Dissociation represent a better body awareness.	week 10
Secondary	Breath Holding Duration	Breath Holding Task (BHT): The BHT is standard test procedure for the measurement of ability of the suppression of the respiratory reflex. In PTSD patients, it is associated with distress tolerance.	week 10
Secondary	Acute Emotional Stress	Emotional Stress Reaction Questionnaire (ESRQ): The ESRQ is standard 14-items scale ranging from -21 points (predominance of negative emotions) to +21 points (predominance of positive emotions). Patients received the ESRQ before and after each CBT unit.	week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Secondary	Adverse Events	Number of patients with adverse events (and type of the adverse event)	week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10