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KIDNET Versus Meditation/Relaxation - a Dissemination RCTT for Children in Sri Lanka Traumatized by the War and the Tsunami

NCT00820391 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2009-01-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of KIDNET versus a Meditation/Relaxation protocol in treating traumatized children in Sri Lanka when applied by locally trained teacher counsellors.

Conditions

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

KIDNET

Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children - a short term intervention for the treatment of trauma after war, organized violence, torture, abuse and other detrimental life events

BEHAVIORAL

Meditation-Relaxation

a protocol of traditional/local meditation and relaxation exercises, such as breathing meditation, chanting, body relaxation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • NGO vivo e.V.

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • GTZ-German Technical Cooperation, rmany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • German Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ein Herz für Kinder

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Konstanz

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2005-01-31
Completion
2005-10-31

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