tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Exercise augmentation compared to usual care for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial (The REAP study: Randomised Exercise Augmentation for PTSD)"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Exercise augmentation compared to usual care for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial (The REAP study: Randomised Exercise Augmentation for PTSD) | Rosenbaum et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011 11 115 http 1471-244X 11 115 BMC Psychiatry STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access Exercise augmentation compared to usual care for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder A Randomised Controlled Trial The REAP study Randomised Exercise Augmentation for PTSD Simon Rosenbaum1 2 Dang Nguyen 1 Tom Lenehan1 Anne Tiedemann2 Hidde P van der Ploeg3 and Catherine Sherrington2 Abstract Background The physical wellbeing of people with mental health conditions can often be overlooked in order to treat the primary mental health condition as a priority. Exercise however can potentially improve both the primary psychiatric condition as well as physical measures that indicate risk of other conditions such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Evidence supports the role of exercise as an important component of treatment for depression and anxiety yet no randomised controlled trials RCT s have been conducted to evaluate the use of exercise in the treatment of people with post traumatic stress disorder PTSD . This RCT will investigate the effects of structured progressive exercise on PTSD symptoms functional ability body composition physical activity levels sleep patterns and medication usage. Methods and design Eighty participants with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD will be recruited. Participants will have no contraindications to exercise and will be cognitively able to provide consent to participate in the study. The primary outcome measures will be PTSD symptoms measured through the PTSD Checklist Civilian PCL-C scale. Secondary outcome measures will assess depression and anxiety mobility and strength body composition physical activity levels sleep patterns and medication usage. All outcomes will be assessed by a health or exercise professional masked to group allocation at baseline and 12 weeks after randomisation. The intervention will be a 12 week individualised program .