Health Condition 1: F448- Other dissociative and conversiondisorders
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Yoga Nidra in PNES patients: Arm A- CBT+ Yoga idra
Arm B-CBT+Sham Yoga nidra
Intervention2: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Yoga nidra: Given after rand
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: i)Persons aged 18-70 years ii) Clinical diagnosis of PNES confirmed by home video and a similar episode induced in video-EEG with no ictal correlates
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: : i) A coexistent diagnosis of epilepsy (past/current) ii) Current drug/alcohol dependence iii) Patients with episode frequency iv) Patients with coexisting non-neurologic comorbidities like chronic cardiac, renal and other systemic diseases v)Patients not giving consent vi) Patients with intellectual disability vii) Patients with acute psychosis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in monthly episode frequency, measured at baseline and the end of study- i.e. 6 months Timepoint: 0, 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| i) Duration of freedom from episodes ii) Change in quality of life, measured by QOLIE-31 iii) Reduction in use of anti-seizure drugs iv) Improvement in psychological comorbidities, measured by HAMA and HAMD scales at baseline and end of 6 months v) Cost difference between CBT and YN Timepoint: 0,6 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactProf Manjari Tripathi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Outcome results
None listed