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Pranayama for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Stopped: no sufficient funding, employee have left the company

0Started 2025-01-01

Plain-language summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of pranayama (yoga-breathing techniques) on post-traumatic symptom severity in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder undergoing standard, out-patient, trauma-focused psychotherapy. Therefore, short pranayama sessions of 5-10 minutes will be provided to the patients directly at the begin of each of psychotherapy unit, while the control group will receive standard, trauma-focused psychotherapy alone.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 70 Years

SexALL

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Exclusion criteria

✕. Substance dependence current use (ICD-10 F10.X, F11.X).
✕. Dementia (ICD-10 F00-F03)
✕. Somatoform Disorder (ICD F45.X) of moderate or severe degree according to DSM-5 300.82: ≥ 2 reactions (cognitive, emotional, or behavioral) to somatic symptoms (≥ 2 criterion-B)
✕. Severe cardiovascular disease: presence of cardiac or vascular implants or grafts, e.g., pacemaker (ICD-10 Z95.X), condition after organ or tissue transplantation (ICD-10 Z94.X)
✕. Acute adverse events occurring during pranayama at baseline (including neck pain, subjective sensation of pressure in the lungs, anxiety / panic)

What they're measuring

Intensity of posttraumtic symptoms

Timeframe: week 10

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05645588

SponsorUniversität Duisburg-Essen

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-02-01

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