NCT03470779

Impact of Combined Psychotherapy and Physiotherapy Group Treatment Program for Survivors of Torture

Completed NA Last updated 13 March 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Physiotherapy in Pain Syndrome in 30 participants. Completed in 1 January 2019.

Timeline

19 April 2018

Primary endpoint
15 November 2018

1 January 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Northwestern University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	30
Start date	19 April 2018
Primary completion	15 November 2018
Estimated completion	1 January 2019
Sites	1 location across Iraq

Drugs / interventions tested

• Physiotherapy — full drug profile →
• Psychotherapy

Conditions studied

• Pain Syndrome — all drugs for Pain Syndrome →
• Disability Physical — all drugs for Disability Physical →

Sponsor

Northwestern University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 100, male only, with Pain Syndrome or Disability Physical. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The aim of this study is to assess the impact and feasibility of an interdisciplinary group treatment approach, involving psychotherapy and physiotherapy, with survivors of torture that are incarcerated in a prison in Kurdistan, Iraq. The primary aim is to develop initial estimates of treatment effects on symptoms and poor functioning consistent with centralized pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and/or depression. The secondary aim is to assess the feasibility of studying this interdisciplinary treatment program in which local Kurdish psychotherapists and physiotherapists provide a 10-week intervention in a prison, in the Kurdish Sorani language, and to Kurdish participants that present with mental health symptoms, physical complaints, and poor functioning

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Psychological and social interventions for the prevention of mental disorders in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises.
   Papola D, Purgato M, Gastaldon C, Bovo C, et al · · 2020 · cited 46× · PMID 32897548 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd012417.pub2