Journal article
Study adaptation, design, and methods of a web-based PTSD intervention for women Veterans
Contemporary clinical trials, Vol.53, pp.68-79
02/01/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.12.002
PMID: 27940187
Abstract
Women Veterans are a rapidly growing population with high risk of exposure to potentially traumatizing events and PTSD diagnoses. Despite the dissemination of evidence-based treatments for PTSD in the VA, most women Veteran VA users underutilize these treatments. Web-based PTSD treatment has the potential to reach and engage women Veterans with PTSD who do not receive treatment in VA settings. Our objective is to modify and evaluate Delivery of Self Training and Education for Stressful Situations (DESTRESSS), a web-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for PTSD, to target PTSD symptoms among women Veterans. The specific aims are to: (1) obtain feedback about DESTRESS, particularly on its relevance and sensitivity to women, using semi-structured interviews with expert clinicians and women Veterans with PTSD, and make modifications based on this feedback; (2) conduct a pilot study to finalize study procedures and make further refinements to the intervention; and (3) conduct a randomized clinical trial (RCT) evaluating a revised, telephone-assisted DESTRESS compared to telephone monitoring only. We describe the results from the first two aims, and the study design and procedures for the ongoing RCT. This line of research has the potential to result in a gender-sensitive, empirically based, online treatment option for women Veterans with PTSD. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Study adaptation, design, and methods of a web-based PTSD intervention for women Veterans
- Creators
- Keren Lehavot - VA Puget Sound Health Care SystemBrett Litz - VA Boston Healthcare SystemSteven P. Millard - VA Puget Sound Health Care SystemAlison B. Hamilton - University of California, Los AngelesAnne Sadler - Iowa City VA Health Care SystemTracy Simpson - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Contemporary clinical trials, Vol.53, pp.68-79
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cct.2016.12.002
- PMID
- 27940187
- NLM abbreviation
- Contemp Clin Trials
- ISSN
- 1551-7144
- eISSN
- 1559-2030
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- IK2CX000867 / Veterans Affairs; US Department of Veterans Affairs IK2 CX000867 / CSR&D Service of the VA Office of Research and Development
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984281653802771
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