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
The aim of this randomized wait-list controlled pilot 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. It is hypothesized that participants in the study will present with statistically significant improvements in some to all measures of symptoms and function. 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
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Treatment group participants will participate in weekly group physiotherapy and psychotherapy sessions as part of the standard program procedure.
Treatment group participants will participate in weekly group physiotherapy and psychotherapy sessions as part of the standard program procedure.
Sulaymaniyah Adult Male Reformatory
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq
Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25
The HSCL-25 is a 25-question symptom inventory which measures symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Time frame: 10 weeks
Patient Specific Functional Scale
This useful questionnaire can be used to quantify activity limitation and measure functional outcome for patients with any orthopaedic condition.
Time frame: 10-weeks
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is an effective instrument used to measure the quality and patterns of sleep in adults.
Time frame: 10-weeks
Patient's Global Impression of Change Scale
The self-report measure Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) reflects a patient's belief about the efficacy of treatment
Time frame: 10-weeks
General Self Efficacy Scale
The General Self-Efficacy Scale is a 10-item psychometric scale that is designed to assess optimistic self-beliefs to cope with a variety of difficult demands in life.
Time frame: 10-weeks
Central Sensitization Inventory
This tool was published with the purpose of providing a single self-report instrument that identified symptoms associated with central sensitization and the quantified the degree of those symptoms.
Time frame: 10-weeks
Harvard Trauma Questionnaire Part 4
The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) is a checklist that inquires about a variety of trauma events, as well as the emotional symptoms considered to be uniquely associated with trauma.
Time frame: 10 weeks
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