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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (3RP) | Experimental |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| 3 RP | Behavioral |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-NP) for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSM-IV | State-of-the-art instrument for obtaining psychiatric diagnoses. | 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. | 1 Month |
| Assessment of Anxiety Symptoms using Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) | 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. | 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. | 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 | 1 Month |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Lucia Ferri, MD | New York University Medical School | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| New York University School of Medicine | New York | New York | 10016 | United States |
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| 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. | 1 Month |
| ID | Term |
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| D013313 | Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic |
| ID | Term |
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| D040921 | Stress Disorders, Traumatic |
| D000068099 | Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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