Loving-kindness Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

NCT ID: NCT01607632

Last Updated: 2012-05-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

42 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-01-31

Study Completion Date

2011-06-30

Brief Summary

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A before and after study of veterans who took part in a 12-week loving-kindness meditation course as an adjunct to their usual care for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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loving-kindness meditation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

loving-kindness meditation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A 12-week duration, 90 minute per session loving-kindness meditation course

Interventions

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loving-kindness meditation

A 12-week duration, 90 minute per session loving-kindness meditation course

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* posttraumatic stress disorder

Exclusion Criteria

* psychosis
* borderline personality disorder
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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David Kearney

Staff Physician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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David Kearney, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

VA Puget Sound

Locations

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VA Puget Sound

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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00173

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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