Trial reportPloS one2020
Trauma-affected refugees treated with basic body awareness therapy or mixed physical activity as augmentation to treatment as usual-A pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01955538 (Treatment of Traumatised Refugees), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Treatment of Traumatised Refugees: the Effect of Basic Body Awareness Therapy Versus Mixed Physical Activity as add-on Treatment. A Randomised Controlled Trial.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Sport-based interventions for post-disaster mental health and psychosocial recovery: a multi-level systematic review and meta-analysis within the MHPSS framework.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Augmentation of psychotherapy with exercise in adult populations affected by posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of integrated physical and psychological interventions on PTSD among forcibly displaced persons: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Assessment of the effectiveness of exercise interventions in the treatment of PTSD: based on a systematic evaluation and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for interoception in mental health disorders: A systematic review of randomized-controlled trials.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Pooled it
- Reintegration interventions for CPTSD: a systematic review.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Pooled it
- Identifying robust predictors of treatment response in trauma-affected refugees: Results from a randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Trial
- The Effect of Physiotherapy Group Intervention in Reducing Pain Disorders and Mental Health Symptoms among Syrian Refugees: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- The effect of dance movement therapy on traumatized refugee women - a clinical controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Beyond Symptom Reduction: A Qualitative Study of Refugees' Experiences of a Trauma-Informed Community-Based Pain Management Program.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Feasibility of an interpreter-mediated neuropsychological test battery for trauma-affected refugees.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Increase in physical activity is associated with an increase in sleep efficiency, but not with improvement in symptoms of PTSD: analysis of longitudinal data in trauma-affected refugees.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Article
- Personality systems interactions theory: an integrative framework complementing the study of the motivational and volitional dynamics underlying adjustment to chronic pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exercise as Treatment for "Stress-Related" Mental Disorders.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Article
- Exercise and PTSD.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2024Review
- The Danish Trauma Database for Refugees (DTD): A Multicenter Database Collaboration-Overcoming the Challenges and Enhancing Mental Health Treatment and Research for Refugees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise training as an adjunct to trauma-focused psychotherapy in traumatized refugees and asylum seekers: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Adding physical activity to intensive trauma-focused treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder: results of a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is estimated to be as high as 30% among refugees. The coexistence of prevalent chronic pain is believed to maintain symptoms of PTSD and add complexity to the condition. Despite this, little evidence exists on how to treat PTSD and comorbid conditions best in trauma-affected refugees.
aimThe aim of the present study was to investigate if adding either BBAT or mixed physical activity to the treatment as usual (TAU) for trauma-affected refugees with PTSD would increase the treatment effect compared to TAU alone.
methodRandomised controlled trial, 3-armed parallel group superiority study, conducted at Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Denmark. Participants were adult trauma-affected refugees with PTSD. Allocation ratio was 1:1:1, stratified for PTSD severity and gender. An open-label design was applied due to the nature of the intervention. Participants were randomised to receive either individual basic body awareness therapy (group B) or individual mixed physical activity (group M) one hour/week for 20 weeks plus TAU, or TAU only (group C). The primary outcome was PTSD severity measured by Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ). Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01955538.
resultsOf the 338 patients included (C/B/M = 110/114/114), 318 patients were eligible for intention-to-treat analysis (C/B/M = 104/105/109). On the primary outcome, intention-to-treat as well as per-protocol analyses showed small but significant improvement on scores from pre- to post-treatment in all three groups but with no significant difference in improvement between groups.
conclusionsThe findings do not provide evidence that either BBAT or mixed physical activity as add-on treatment bring significantly larger improvement on symptoms of PTSD compared to TAU alone for adult, trauma-affected refugees. There is a need for studies on potential subpopulations of trauma-affected refugees who could benefit from physical activity as a part of their treatment.
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