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| Name | Class |
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| Western Oregon University | OTHER |
| Maharishi University of Management Research Institute | OTHER |
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The pilot study investigates the potential benefits of the Transcendental Meditation program in reducing trauma, including PTSD, in female prisoners. Subjects will be randomly assigned to either the TM program or a wait list control group for a period of four months.
This randomized controlled pilot study will evaluate the effects of Transcendental Meditation ® (TM) on female offenders with trauma. Twenty-two inmates at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Oregon, with at least four months left of incarceration, will be enrolled in the study. Subjects will be randomly assigned to either a TM (n=11) or a wait-list control group (n=11). Subjects will be measured at baseline and four-month posttest, using the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian version (PCL-C) Twenty of the subjects (10 in each group) will take part in their treatment assignment and complete post-testing.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| wait list control | No Intervention | Waitlist control subjects interested in learning the TM program will be asked to wait for 4 months before learning if they were randomly assigned to this comparison group. Controls will receive usual medical care during 4 month intervention period. | |
| Transcendental Meditation | Experimental | The TM technique is a simple, effortless, mental technique to reducing stress which allows the mind to experience finer levels of the thinking process to achieve a state of restful alertness. The Transcendental Meditation program will be taught as a standard seven-step program over five consecutive days. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Transcendental Meditation program | Behavioral | a mental technique using a mantra or 'soothing sound' that refines the thought process enabling the mind to 'transcend' its own thinking process and experience a state of pure consciousness. Subjects practice this technique twice a day for 20 minutes sitting in chair with eyes closed. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Posttraumatic Stress Checklist- Civilian Version (PCL-C) total score | The PCL-C is a widely-used 17-item self-report questionnaire of trauma symptom with total score and intrusions, avoidance and hyperarousal subscales | 4 months |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Fred Travis, PhD | Maharishi University of Management Research Institute | Study Chair |
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inquiring investigators may contact the principal investigator, Dr Sanford Nidich, for data share plans. Database resides with the PI and the biostatistician
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| ID | Term |
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| D013313 | Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic |
| D014947 | Wounds and Injuries |
| ID | Term |
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| D040921 | Stress Disorders, Traumatic |
| D000068099 | Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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