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Guided Imagery for Military Sexual Trauma-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

NCT00635635 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2010-05-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Military sexual trauma (MST) is a significant women's mental health issue. There is a crucial need for effective therapies for MST-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that are well-tolerated and can be flexibly administered in a variety of treatment settings. Guided imagery is a novel, transportable intervention technique that meets these requirements and warrants research in PTSD. The proposed study will be a randomized controlled trial of the Guided Imagery for Trauma (GIFT) intervention for women veterans with MST-related PTSD. This minimal contact intervention is designed to increase coping, affect management and relaxation skills, and to fostering more positive images and beliefs associated with surviving trauma. The feasibility and tolerability of GIFT have already been demonstrated in an open-label pilot of 15 women veterans with MST-related PTSD, with very promising initial results.

Conditions

  • Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic
  • Military Sexual Trauma

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guided Imagery Audio

Guided Imagery Audio listened to 5x per week

BEHAVIORAL

Music Audio

Music only audio to be listened to 5x per week

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Durham VA Medical Center

    collaborator FED

  • Duke University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer L Strauss, PhD · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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