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Study NCT ID:
NCT01599598
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2016-08-19
First Post:
2012-05-07
Brief Title:
Coherence Training for Military Personnel
Sponsor:
United States Naval Medical Center San Diego
Organization:
United States Naval Medical Center San Diego
Study Overview
Official Title:
Coherence Training for Military Personnel
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2016-08
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Military operations and training situations present many physical and psychological challenges for service members to adapt to and overcome The challenges of these changing conditions necessitate having to cope with stress which is seen as the negative perceptions feelings and emotions that manifest from the subjective physical andor mental strain on life processes In addition service members are returning from deployments having gone through traumatic experiences that can develop into posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD depression or other serious conditions The Surface Warfare Independent Duty Corpsman IDC School is an example of a training environment where some students may be entering the program with symptoms of PTSD which may preclude or make it more difficult for them to perform well Autonomic nervous system ANS dysregulation has been observed in patients with PTSD and those experiencing chronic stress such that there is more arousing sympathetic input to the heart than calming parasympathetic input which is usually the dominant division of the ANS involved in controlling ones heart rate The IDC training program is an example of an environment where the service member is expected to excel while being subjected to multiple sources of stress The fast tempo coupled with performance expectations may induce stress and actually inhibit learning The Institute of HeartMath has developed the Coherence Advantage program which teaches one to self-regulate their emotions while focusing on breathing to compliment the active process of self-regulation In conjunction the emWave Personal Stress Reliever allows the user to receive heart rate variability HRV biofeedback hence giving the user the opportunity to self-regulate their ANS through breathing and self-regulation techniques The proposed study will test the effectiveness of the Coherence Advantage program versus progressive muscle relaxation PMR in reducing stress symptomatology among Surface Warfare IDC students The effectiveness of these two different interventions will be compared on outcomes of PTSD depression anxiety sleep quality perceived stress attrition and class performance
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Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None