Diving for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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within the components of Scuba diving there are similarities with meditation and mindfulness techniques. PTSD and emotion dysregulation are known to be involved by meditation training This study evaluates the benefits of scuba diving on quality of life and mindful functioning comparing the benefits of diving training using a clinical trial protocol

Official Title
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Benefits of Diving Practice on Patient Quality of Life

Conditions
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Ptsd

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: sport practice


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: ptsd Exclusion Criteria: mindfulness practice

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: randomized opened clinical trial
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: sport training<br>training course lasting 10 days. It included 10 days of multisports practice once (2h) per day. | Behavioral: sport practice<br>* the intervention was a training course lasting 10 days. It included 10 days of sports practice. For divers, diving was carried out using air at a maximum depth of 40-meters, with a maximum of one dives a day. For the multisport group (the non-divers), the course included kayaking, mountain climbing or hiking with a maximum of two activities a day.<br>|
| Experimental: diving<br>diving course lasting 10 days. It included 10 days of diving once (2h) per day. Diving will be carried out using air at a maximum depth of 30-meters | Behavioral: sport practice<br>* the intervention was a training course lasting 10 days. It included 10 days of sports practice. For divers, diving was carried out using air at a maximum depth of 40-meters, with a maximum of one dives a day. For the multisport group (the non-divers), the course included kayaking, mountain climbing or hiking with a maximum of two activities a day.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| quality of life (Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF)) | four times (baseline, after the course, 1month after the course and 3months after the course) | changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| post-traumatic checklist scale; a 20-item self-report scale assessing the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD with a symptom severity from 0 to 80 and a cut-point score of 33. | four times (baseline, after the course, 1month after the course and 3months after the course) | changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline | 
| heart rate variability on morning | four times (baseline, after the course, one month after the course and 3 months after the course) | changes from baseline (after the course minus baseline), (1month after the course minus baseline) and (3months after the course minus baseline |