Clinical trial NCT05422768: PTSD Clinical Team Research Clinic (PCT Research Clinic)
Official title: PTSD Clinical Team Research Clinic (PCT Research Clinic)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: PTSD
Keywords: PTSD
Lead sponsor: VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
Sponsor class: FED
First posted: 2022-06-16
Enrollment: 118
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The Veterans who were referred to PTSD team were contacted to see if they wanted to participate in the study.

Brief summary: Part of the IRB_00136053 study was to look at the effectiveness of Warrior Renew and Warrior Renew+EAL interventions. Furthermore, demographic information on Veteran participants will be analyzed.

Detailed description: EAL is one of a group of equine-assisted services (EAS), which are aimed at providing benefits for humans, including addressing emotional, mental and social components of functioning. In recent years, the use of EAS has grown rapidly in Europe and the United States in general and is being increasingly used for active-duty military and veteran Veteran populations. As we have previously reviewed, there is evidence that EAS, such as EAL, can contribute to reduction of PTSD and other psychological symptoms as well as enhancing well-being via improvements in resilience, life satisfaction, trust, self-image, and self-control, as well as quality of life.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* referred to PTSD team

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in PCL Measures Pre to Post-Intervention and by Intervention Type
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 2 years
measure: Change in PHQ Measures Pre to Post-Intervention and by Intervention Type
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 2 years
measure: Change in PTCI Measures Pre to Post-Intervention and by Intervention Type
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 2 years
measure: Mean and Standard Deviation of Demographic information by Intervention Type
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
state: Utah
Study officials:
affiliation: Salt Lake City Veterans' Administration Medical Center
name: Erika Roberge, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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