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- Clinical Trial NCT01725854
Relaxation Response Training for PTSD Prevention in US Military Personnel (RR)
October 31, 2016 updated by: William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Relaxation Response (RR) Training for PTSD Prevention in Soldiers a.k.a. "SPIRIT SMART" (Stemming PTSD, Increasing Resilience and Impeding Trauma in Service Members: Assessing Relaxation Response Training)
The purposes of this study are to evaluate the acceptability and utility of a mind-body intervention on a convenience sample of Soldiers (n=120) who have screened positive through RESPECT-MIL for symptoms that may lead to post-traumatic stress and to test the effectiveness of this Relaxation Response (RR) intervention designed to decrease the physiological and psychosocial effects of stress and trauma.
The study aims to enhance the psychological health of Soldiers with a RR intervention designed to promote self-awareness of physiological responses to stress and the ability to increase relaxation responses.
Study Overview
Status
Terminated
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Specific Aims:
- Demonstrate that trainers can be trained effectively to deliver the intervention, a mind-body skills training program based on the Benson-Henry Institute's standard RR training curriculum and tailored to a military population.
- Evaluate feasibility, acceptability, and compliance to the training program in an active duty military population.
- Compare outcomes on sleep disturbance, PTSD, stress-related symptoms, quality of life, and psychosocial variables related to resilience of Soldiers who receive the 6-week training program to promote the Relaxation Response to those Soldiers who do not receive the intervention.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
8
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Texas
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El Paso, Texas, United States, 79920
- William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Ft Bliss
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years or older, male and female volunteer individual military Service Members, DoD civilians or approved contractors working for DoD, primarily from multidisciplinary healthcare providers.
- Willingness to participate in the research project.
- Committed to the entire period of time of the research project.
- Currently working or stationed at Ft Bliss, Texas.
- No impending orders for deployment/ TDY/ PCS/ ETS or retirement for at least 8 weeks from the day of study enrollment.
- Able to read and speak English.
- Capable to consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Diagnosed with severe PTSD or other mental health issues disclosed as self-reported
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Relaxation Response Training
The Military tailored RR training program will consist of six weekly small group sessions which involve group presentations, in-group skill building exercises, and at-home assignments.
Groups will contain 5-8 participants who are active-duty Soldiers enrolled in either Respect-MIL or the Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center (IPMC).
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Behavioral Relaxation Response Training (Benson-Henry Institute Relaxation Response Training) Participants randomized to the intervention group will participate in the six weekly RR sessions.
Examples of in-group skill building exercises are mini relaxations, diaphragmatic breathing, introduction to imagery, and eliciting RR through Yoga.
Presentations topics include Introduction to Mind/Body Medicine, Introduction to the RR, Experiential RR Sessions, and Introduction to Cognitive Restructuring.
Home skill building assignments include relaxation focus practice, an appreciation journal, self-monitoring with Biodots (biosensor technology that helps participants to monitor and regulate their psycho-emotional state), physical activity, balanced nutrition, and progress notes.
Other Names:
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No Intervention: Standard of Care
Participants randomized to the control group will receive standard care through their providers at Respect-MIL or at the IPMC.
Participants randomized to the control group will remain on the wait list for further standard care.
After the collection of the final data point, these participants will also have the option to participate in an abbreviated, two-hour version of the RR training.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Sleep
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Sleep will be measured pre and post intervention.
Sleep will be measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
The PSQI assesses sleep quality and disturbances during the past month based on seven component scores for sleep quality, latency, duration, efficiency, disturbance, medication use, and daytime dysfunction that sum to a global score.
A Sleep Diary will also be used to measure sleep and related factors.
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6 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Anger
Time Frame: 6 Weeks
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Anger, measured with the Spielberger State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2)
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6 Weeks
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Health Status
Time Frame: 6 Weeks
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Health Status as measured with the Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey Short Form (VR-12 or SF-12) and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy- Spiritual Well-Being 12 (Non-Illness)
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6 Weeks
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Resilience
Time Frame: 6 Weeks
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Resilience will be measured with the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory
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6 Weeks
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Stress
Time Frame: 6 Weeks
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Stress as measured with physiological measurements of blood pressure and heart rate (pulse) and subjective measurement using the Perceived Stress Scale
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6 Weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Richard P Petri, MD, William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start
July 1, 2012
Primary Completion (Actual)
May 1, 2015
Study Completion (Actual)
May 1, 2015
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
November 9, 2012
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 9, 2012
First Posted (Estimate)
November 14, 2012
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
November 2, 2016
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
October 31, 2016
Last Verified
October 1, 2016
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- W81XWH-10-1-1011/ 367294
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
UNDECIDED
IPD Plan Description
Study terminated
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