Intervention Program to Address PTSD in People Living With HIV

Central South University

Status: Completed

Conditions: AIDS; China; Resilience; PTSD; HIV; Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction

Treatments: Behavioral: Trauma Resiliency Mindfulness-Informed Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05588596

2018040

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to evaluate the efficacy of an integrated intervention program on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and related physiological and psychological indicators of people living with HIV (PLWH). The main question it aims to answer are:

• to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention program on PTSD symptoms and related physiological and psychological indicators of PLWH through empirical research.
• to analyze the mechanism of the intervention. Eligible PLWH were recruited and randomly divided as intervention group and control group. The efficacy of Trauma Resiliency Mindfulness-Informed Intervention on PTSD symptoms and related physiological and psychological indicators in PLWH was evaluated at baseline, after intervention, and 3 months after intervention through this randomized controlled trial.

Researchers compared the intervention group and control group to see if it was feasible and had potential clinical value to introduce the Trauma Resiliency Mindfulness-Informed intervention program into the management of PLWH in China.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 18 years or older
• been diagnosed with HIV for more than 1 month
• screened positive with PTSD CheckList - Civilian Version (PCL-C)
• voluntary participation

Exclusion criteria

• impaired Verbal Communication
• have received psychological treatment or related psychological intervention in the past three months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Access to routine hospital care and outpatient services. Patients received relevant health counseling provided by the investigator. In addition, Patients received Trauma Resiliency Mindfulness-Informed Intervention, including Mindfulness awareness, body scanning, walking awareness, mindful breathing, etc.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Trauma Resiliency Mindfulness-Informed Intervention

Waitlist group

No Intervention group

Description:

Access to routine hospital care and outpatient services. In addition, the patient received relevant health counseling provided by the investigator, including AIDS related knowledge counseling, diet advice, etc. At the end of the study, patients in the waitlist group were provided with intervention.