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Effect of Exercise on Post-traumatic Growth Among Health Care Providers With Post-traumatic Stress

NCT04592770 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 246

Last updated 2023-02-08

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Summary

The purpose of designing this randomized control trial is to observe the effect of nature-based walk on post-traumatic growth and Psychophysiological alterations associated with it, in traumatic stress among health care providers of Karachi Pakistan. This study is planned to investigate the recreational exposure to the natural environment for the promotion of PTG, in the traumatic stress subjects and to determine whether PTG is associated with psychophysiological alterations, i.e. C-Reactive Protein, Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor, Interleukin-6, Cortisol, and Heart Rate Variability. Subjects who had experienced any traumatic event in the last 12 months will be recruited, and at baseline, the participant will be assessed with Trauma Symptom Checklist 40 to evaluate trauma intensity. Moreover, subjects who had developed PTG or did not have any trauma intensity will be excluded from the study. Blinded treatment will be provided to subjects meeting eligibility criteria and will be randomized into two groups sequentially as they agree to participate. The nature-based walk will be used as intervention vs the control (relax in nature). The study outcomes will be monitored in subjects of both groups at different intervals, i.e. at baseline and 3-month follow-up (post-interventional).

Conditions

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nature based walk therapy

10 minutes stretching exercises followed by walk in nature for 50 minutes

BEHAVIORAL

Sit in nature

Sit in nature for 60 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Karachi

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Basit Ansari, Ph.D · University of Karachi

  • Sadaf Ahmed, Ph.D · University of Karachi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-01
Primary Completion
2021-08-10
Completion
2021-08-10

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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