Loving-kindness Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

An Open Pilot Study of Loving-Kindness Meditation for PTSD

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01607632

Enrollment

Registered

2012-05-30

Start date

2010-01-31

Completion date

2011-06-30

Last updated

2012-05-30

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Conditions

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Keywords

posttraumatic stress, depression

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALloving-kindness meditation

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

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* posttraumatic stress disorder

Exclusion criteria

* psychosis * borderline personality disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
change in PTSD symptoms	baseline, post-intervention, 3-month follow-up	The PTSD symptom-scale interview was performed
change in depressive symptoms	baseline, post-intervention, 3-month follow-up	The PROMIS measure for depression was administered

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026