Prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD among spinal cord injury survivors: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
| Autor: | Seema Sikka, Estrella V. Thomas, Ann Marie Warren, Michael L. Foreman, Jamie R. Pogue, Simon Driver, Nicholas Curcio, Kiara Leonard, Emma D. Turner, Andrea Wierzchowski, Mark B. Powers, Emily Carl, Sarita Patel, Monica Bennett, Maris Adams, Megan Douglas, Katherine Froehlich-Grobe |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (General) Population Treatment as usual Spinal cord injury Article law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine R5-920 Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) medicine Prolonged exposure therapy Effective treatment 030212 general & internal medicine education Pharmacology education.field_of_study business.industry PTSD General Medicine medicine.disease Posttraumatic stress Physical therapy business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, Vol 22, Iss, Pp 100763-(2021) Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications |
| ISSN: | 2451-8654 |
| Popis: | The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center estimates 294,000 people in the US live with a spinal cord injury (SCI), with approximately 17,810 new cases each year. Although the physical outcomes associated with SCI have been widely studied, the psychological consequences of sustaining a SCI remain largely unexplored. Scant research has focused on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in this population, despite prevalence estimates suggesting that up to 60% of individuals with SCI experience PTSD post-injury, compared to only 7% of the general US population. Fortunately, prolonged exposure therapy (PE) is a well-researched and highly effective treatment for PTSD. However, no trauma focused exposure-based therapy for PTSD (e.g. PE) has not yet been tested in a SCI population. Thus, we aim to conduct the first test of an evidence-based intervention for PTSD among patients with SCI. Adults with SCI and PTSD (N = 60) will be randomly assigned to either: (1) 12-sessions of PE (2–3 sessions per week) or (2) a treatment as usual (TAU) control group who will receive the standard inpatient rehabilitation care for SCI patients. Primary outcomes will be assessed at 0, 6, 10, and 32 weeks. |
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