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NCT Number: NCT05261230

Vedic Counselling for Women Victims of Domestic Abuse

The Vedic Counselling is the whole person approach, system of total life style counselling based on 'Vedic Laws of right living, right actions, right relationship and right awareness'.Vedic Counselling was developed as trauma focused therapy for this study to treat female victims of domestic abuse.

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Key information

Conditions

Intimate Partner Violence Mental Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Traumatic Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

NMP Medical Research Institute

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Female survivors of Domestic Abuse
  • 18 years old or older
  • Sign informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe mental illness that requires specialized treatment
  • Terminally ill
  • Under psychiatric medication
  • Chronic illnesses

Treatment and study plan

Vedic Counselling

Behavioral

Trauma focused Vedic Counselling intervention was delivered by trained and experienced therapist of Yoga and Vedanta.12-week sessions were provided on one to one bases on personalised approach.

Standard Care

Behavioral

The active control group received standard psychosocial care provided by the participating psychologists and psychiatrists.

Primary outcomes

  1. Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD)

    Time frame: Change from baseline PTSD symptoms at 12-weeks

    PTSD symptoms measured by revised version of the Impact of Event Scale (IES-r) 22 questions and a scoring range of 0 to 88

Secondary outcomes

  1. Symptoms of Anxiety

    Time frame: Change from baseline anxiety at 12-weeks

    Anxiety was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21, self-report questionnaire consisting of 21 items, 7 items per subscale: scored 0 to 3 on each item.

  2. Symptoms of Depression

    Time frame: Change from baseline depression at 12-weeks

    Depression was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21

  3. Symptom of Stress

    Time frame: Change from baseline stress at 12-weeks

    Stress was measured through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)-21

  4. Self-Esteem

    Time frame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks

    Self-esteem was measured using the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale. Each question response that gives a score between 1-4.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Active Natural Limited

Industry

Collaborators

  • NMP Medical Research Institute

Registry information

Official study title

Trauma Focused Vedic Counselling for Women Victims of Domestic Abuse: Community-based Pilot Study.

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Mar 2, 2022
Registry last updated
Mar 2, 2022

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