Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Filipino Boys Subjected to Ritual or Medical Surgical Procedures

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Filipino Boys Subjected to Ritual or Medical Surgical Procedures: A Prospective Cohort Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12619000589189

Acronym

PTSDFBC

Enrollment

3253

Registered

2019-04-16

Start date

1996-04-08

Completion date

1997-04-04

Last updated

2019-07-15

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To assess proportion of boys suffering from PTSD following ritual circumcision ("Tuli) vs. medical circumcision, respectively.

Interventions

a) Boys voluntarily completed the Watson et al. PTSD survey, plus a brief demographics questionnaire providing background information including age, feelings before the intervention (fear, anger, other), motivation for undergoing the non-therapeutic surgical (circumcision) intervention (social, religious, medical/health, other). b) Duration of observation was from 1 year after the surgical (circumcision) intervention up to 3 years thereafter.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Age

10 Years to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Normal, healthy (non-diseased) boys aged 11 to 16 years with no previous history of psychological trauma or pre-existing PTSD symptoms who were already undergoing circumcision were included in this study. Boys who reported pre-existing psychological or PTSD symptoms who were undergoing the intervention were excluded from this study.

Exclusion criteria

a) Age of circumcision not between 7-16 years. b) Age of respondents not between 11-16 years c) Boys reporting pre-existing history of trauma or PTSD.

Outcome results