N/A
N=55
Primary Care Brief Mindfulness Training for Veterans With PTSD
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03352011 ↗Enrolled (actual)
55
Serious AEs
13.5%
Results posted
Dec 2022
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants With Assessment Retention Assessment Retention — 24; 25 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Primary Care Brief Mindfulness Training (Behavioral); PTSD Psychoeducational Class (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Syracuse VA Medical Center
- Primary completion
- Feb 2020
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Participants With Assessment Retention Assessment Retention |
24; 25 | — |
| PRIMARY Intervention Retention |
21; 20 | — |
| PRIMARY Primary Care Brief Mindfulness Fidelity Assessment |
85 | — |
| PRIMARY Client Satisfaction Scale |
19.07; 19.36 | — |
| SECONDARY Post-traumatic Stress Checklist for DSM-5 |
32.99; 40.89 | — |
| SECONDARY Recovery Orientation Scale- 24 |
89.53; 82.35 | — |
| SECONDARY Patient Health Questionnaire-9, |
9.12; 12.98 | — |
| SECONDARY Self Compassion Scale- Short Form |
32.38; 34.34 | — |
| SECONDARY Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II: Health Responsibility Subscale |
24.80; 21.40 | — |
Summary
The proposed study supports a line of research that seeks to improve the health of military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by teaching them mindfulness skills. The proposed study first gathers Veteran's Affairs mental health provider and peer support specialist feedback to adapt a brief mindfulness intervention and then investigates the feasibility of testing this intervention in a small randomized clinical trial. The study targets primary care patients with PTSD who may be reluctant to engage in other mental health treatments and provides them with mindfulness training to reduce PTSD symptoms, improve psychosocial functioning and increase hope for recovery.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- enrolled in services at the Syracuse or Canandaigua VAMC and
- report significant PTSD symptoms (qualifying criterion A traumatic event plus at least a 31 on the PCL-5).
Exclusion Criteria
- gross cognitive impairment (>16 on the Blessed OMC),
- suicide attempt or desire to commit suicide in the last month (as measured by P4 screener).
- have received psychotherapy or change in psychiatric medication outside of VHA primary care in the last 2 months.
- voice a preference to be directly referred to specialty mental health care.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03352011). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.