The objective of this protocol is to test the feasibility and acceptability of the Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (3RP), a psychotherapy treatment providing a variety of mind body skills and interventions to decrease medical and mental health symptoms and build resilience, in Spanish-speaking World Trade Center (WTC) survivors, and to examine its clinical effectiveness to reduce Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and lower respiratory symptoms (LRS) and improve psychosocial functioning.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-NP) for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSM-IV
State-of-the-art instrument for obtaining psychiatric diagnoses.
Time frame: 1 Month
Symptom Severity using PTSD Checklist
Symptoms will be assessed with the PTSD Checklist (PCL), a 17-item self-report measure of current (past month) PTSD symptoms based on the DSM-IV criteria. It is a widely-used and validated measure of PTSD symptom severity.
Time frame: 1 Month
Assessment of Anxiety Symptoms using Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)
Time frame: 1 Month
Measure of Functional Impairment using the Range of Impaired Functioning Tool (RIFT)
widely-used instrument that taps the domains of work, household duties, interpersonal relationships, recreation, and subjective satisfaction with life. Each domain is rated on a five-point scale from very good to very poor. The total score is the sum of the different domains.
Time frame: 1 Month
Assessment of Mindful attention using Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)
The MAAS is a 15-item questionnaire on which respondents indicate, on a 6 point Likert-type scale (1 = almost always to 6 = almost never), their level of awareness and attention to present events and experiences.
Time frame: 1 Month
Health Promoting Behaviors will be assessed with the Health Promoting Lifestyles Profile-II (HPLP-II)
he HPLP-II is a 52 item self-report inventory of health behaviors and has been used in previous mind-body treatment studies
Time frame: 1 Month
Measure of treatment expectancy using the Treatment Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire.
The 6-item Treatment Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ)84 will be used to examine treatment expectancy related to the 3RP.
Time frame: 1 Month
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