Horsepower - The Effect of Equine Assisted Therapy on Military Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Horsepower - The Effect of Equine Assisted Therapy on Military Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder - Horsepower

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON51153

Enrollment

Registered

2021-03-09

Start date

2021-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-09

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Conditions

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Veteran Diagnosed with PTSD Minimum of 18 years old Therapy resistant, which is defined as "persisting PTSD diagnosis and lack of improvement in PTSD symptom severity following a full course of two individual trauma-focused therapies and treatment duration of at least 12 months."

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participates in other forms of therapy at the moment of participating in this study Has a comorbid psychiatric or medical disorder that could be interfering with participation in the study Is in a current legal claim procedure against the Ministry of Defence Shows or has shown aggression towards other people and/or animals

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary study parameters are the subjective welfare parameters that are measured each week in the veterans using questionnaires. These subjective welfare parameters are; • Change in cognition and mood • Change in feeling bad about yourself • Change in feeling guilty • Change in not being able to trust anybody • Change in feeling that the world in dangerous • Change in feeling that the nerve system is destroyed forever • Participation and interest in activities • Collaboration with other people • Feeling positive • Experiencing satisfaction • Experiencing happiness • Finding a purpose / meaning in life • Having a prospect for the future • Sleep disturbances and insomnia • Flashbacks / nightmares • Stress levels	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary study parameters are the subjective welfare parameters that are measured each week in the veterans using questionnaires. These subjective welfare parameters are; • Change in cognition and mood • Change in feeling bad about yourself • Change in feeling guilty • Change in not being able to trust anybody • Change in feeling that the world in dangerous • Change in feeling that the nerve system is destroyed forever • Participation and interest in activities • Collaboration with other people • Feeling positive • Experiencing satisfaction • Experiencing happiness • Finding a purpose / meaning in life • Having a prospect for the future • Sleep disturbances and insomnia • Flashbacks / nightmares • Stress levels

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
De secondary study parameters are the objective welfare parameters that are measured each week in the veterans and horses. These objective welfare parameters are; • Heart rate variability • Salivary cortisol • Salivary oxytocin • Stress related behaviour	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results