Differential relations between breathing retraining, in vivo exposure, and imaginal exposure homework completion and treatment outcomes in veterans receiving prolonged exposure for PTSD.

Autor: Gros DF; Mental Health Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Healthcare System, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.; Department of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA., Pavlacic JM; Mental Health Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Healthcare System, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.; Department of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA., Argyriou E; Mental Health Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Healthcare System, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.; Department of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA., Acierno R; Mental Health Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Healthcare System, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.; Louis A. Faillace, MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA., Hernandez-Tejada MA; Louis A. Faillace, MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical psychology [J Clin Psychol] 2024 Jun; Vol. 80 (6), pp. 1259-1270. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 17.
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23662
Abstrakt: Objectives: Limited research exists that outlines the predictive relevance of the treatment components of prolonged exposure (PE) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on PTSD and depression symptom outcomes. The goal of the present study was to investigate relations between participant completion of breathing retraining, in vivo exposure, and imaginal exposure exercises and symptom outcomes.
Methods: A total of 58 participants completed a trial of PE as part of a larger trial on peer involvement and treatment adherence. Diagnostic and self-report measures were completed throughout treatment. Participants also recorded weekly completion of breathing retraining, in vivo exposure, and imaginal exposure exercises. Pearson correlations and hierarchical regression analyses were used to investigate relations between average weekly treatment component completion and treatment outcomes, controlling for relevant variables.
Results: Although breathing retraining and in vivo exposures were associated with PTSD outcomes in the correlational findings, use of breathing retraining, in vivo exposures, and imaginal exposures were not reliably associated with PTSD symptom outcomes when controlling for other variables in the regression analysis. However, when investigating changes in comorbid symptoms of depression, greater use of breathing retraining was associated with decreased symptoms of depression at posttreatment.
Conclusions: Present findings demonstrate the differential relations between participation in various PE treatment components and posttreatment symptom outcomes. The importance of breathing retraining in addressing comorbid depressive symptoms is discussed, with emphasis on potentially increasing relaxation and positive activities more broadly to encourage further treatment benefits.
(Published 2024. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.)
Databáze: MEDLINE