Intimate Partner Violence, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
The Vedic Counselling is the whole person approach, system of total life style counselling based on 'Vedic Laws of right living, right actions, right relationship and right awareness'.Vedic Counselling was developed as trauma focused therapy for this study to treat female victims of domestic abuse.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALVedic Counselling
Trauma focused Vedic Counselling intervention was delivered by trained and experienced therapist of Yoga and Vedanta.12-week sessions were provided on one to one bases on personalised approach.
BEHAVIORALStandard Care
The active control group received standard psychosocial care provided by the participating psychologists and psychiatrists.
Sponsors
NMP Medical Research Institute
Active Natural Limited
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Female survivors of Domestic Abuse * 18 years old or older * Sign informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Severe mental illness that requires specialized treatment * Terminally ill * Under psychiatric medication * Chronic illnesses
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) | Change from baseline PTSD symptoms at 12-weeks | PTSD symptoms measured by revised version of the Impact of Event Scale (IES-r) 22 questions and a scoring range of 0 to 88 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Symptoms of Anxiety | Change from baseline anxiety at 12-weeks | Anxiety was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21, self-report questionnaire consisting of 21 items, 7 items per subscale: scored 0 to 3 on each item. |
| Symptoms of Depression | Change from baseline depression at 12-weeks | Depression was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21 |
| Symptom of Stress | Change from baseline stress at 12-weeks | Stress was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21 |
| Self-Esteem | Change from baseline at 12 weeks | Self-esteem was measured using the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale. Each question response that gives a score between 1-4. |
Countries
India
Outcome results
None listed