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Journal article
Randomized controlled trial of a brief dyadic cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to prevent PTSD
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol.4(1), pp.1-11
2013
PMID: 23986816
Abstract
Background:
There is a dearth of effective interventions to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Method:
We evaluated the efficacy of a brief dyadic two-session cognitive-behavioral intervention through a controlled trial involving trauma-exposed individuals recruited at the hospital’s emergency room. Participants were randomly assigned to either the dyadic intervention group (n37) or to a waiting list (assessment only) group (n=37).
Results:
In an intent-to-treat analysis, a time-by-group interaction was found, whereby the treated participants had less PTSD symptoms at the post-treatment but not at the pre-treatment compared to controls. Controlling for the improvement observed in the control participants, the intervention yielded a net effect size of d0.39.
Conclusions:
A brief, early, and effective intervention can be provided by nurses or social workers in hospital settings, at a fairly low cost to individuals presenting to the emergency room as the result of trauma exposure.
Details
- Title
- Randomized controlled trial of a brief dyadic cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to prevent PTSD
- Authors
- Alain Brunet (Corresponding Author) - McGill UniversityIsabeau Bousquet Des Groseilliers - Douglas Institute Research CenterMatthew J. Cordova - VA Northern California Health Care SystemJosef I. Ruzek - VA Palo Alto Health Care System
- Publication details
- European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol.4(1), pp.1-11
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21572
- ISSN
- 2000-8066; 2000-8198
- PMID
- 23986816
- Copyright note
- © 2013 Alain Brunet et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Grant note
- This study was funded by the Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture (FQRSC)
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991105843602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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