KIDNET Versus Meditation/Relaxation - a Dissemination RCTT for Children in Sri Lanka Traumatized by the War and the Tsunami

University of Konstanz

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Meditation-Relaxation; Behavioral: KIDNET

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00820391

KIDNET2005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of KIDNET versus a Meditation/Relaxation protocol in treating traumatized children in Sri Lanka when applied by locally trained teacher counsellors.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children with preliminary PTSD diagnosis (except for time criterion) in the age range of 8 to 14 years living in a specific IDP camp after the Tsunami disaster.

Exclusion criteria

• Mental retardation, psychosis, any neurological disorder

Trial design

31 participants in 2 patient groups

KIDNET

Experimental group

Description:

Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children

Treatment:

Behavioral: KIDNET

Meditation/Relaxation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Meditation-Relaxation