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Pranayama for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

NCT05645588 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2025-03-30

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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.

Conditions

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pranayama assisted trauma-focused standard psychotherapy (TF-SPT)

To prepare patients for the TF-SPT, they received 5-10 minutes of pranayama at the begin of each of the 10 TF-SPT units.

BEHAVIORAL

Trauma-focused standard psychotherapy (TF-SPT)

Patients wait for 10 TF-SPT units and then are offered to learn pranayama

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universität Duisburg-Essen

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-01
Primary Completion
2027-02-01
Completion
2028-02-01

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