Diving for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Benefits of Diving Practice on Patient Quality of Life

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03332290

Acronym

Dive-Hope

Enrollment

Registered

2017-11-06

Start date

2017-10-10

Completion date

2019-02-26

Last updated

2019-02-27

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Conditions

Ptsd

Brief summary

within the components of Scuba diving there are similarities with meditation and mindfulness techniques. PTSD and emotion dysregulation are known to be involved by meditation training This study evaluates the benefits of scuba diving on quality of life and mindful functioning comparing the benefits of diving training using a clinical trial protocol

Interventions

BEHAVIORALsport practice

the intervention was a training course lasting 10 days. It included 10 days of sports practice. For divers, diving was carried out using air at a maximum depth of 40-meters, with a maximum of one dives a day. For the multisport group (the non-divers), the course included kayaking, mountain climbing or hiking with a maximum of two activities a day.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

randomized opened clinical trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* ptsd

Exclusion criteria

* mindfulness practice

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
quality of life (Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF))	changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline)	four times (baseline, after the course, 1month after the course and 3months after the course)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
post-traumatic checklist scale; a 20-item self-report scale assessing the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD with a symptom severity from 0 to 80 and a cut-point score of 33.	changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline	four times (baseline, after the course, 1month after the course and 3months after the course)
heart rate variability on morning	changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline	four times (baseline, after the course, one month after the course and 3 months after the course)

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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