Effectiveness of Narrative Exposure Therapy for Treatment of PTSD Following Childhood Trauma: A Single-Case Series Design

IF 3.2 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Clinical psychology & psychotherapy Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI:10.1002/cpp.3044

Chris Hoeboer, Laura Wienen, Mary Smiddy, Steven van der Werff, Marija Maric, Edith Tjoa, Lucie Timmers, Maartje Schoorl

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Abstract

Background

Narrative exposure therapy (NET) has shown promising outcomes for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in refugees and veterans. Its effectiveness in patients with PTSD following childhood trauma is, however, still unknown.

Aims

We investigated whether NET is an effective treatment for patients with PTSD following childhood trauma.

Method

We studied treatment outcomes of nine adult patients in an outpatient setting. An AB single-case series design was used with a baseline of 4 weeks prior to treatment. Participants filled in weekly online questionnaires to assess their PTSD symptoms (using the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale [PDS]) and their experienced quality of life (using the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life [MANSA]). Data were analysed visually and using a mixed-effect model.

Results

Results revealed no significant reduction of PTSD symptoms during NET treatment, nor an increase in quality of life, as compared to baseline.

Conclusions

The results of our study do not underscore the effectiveness of NET treatment for patients with PTSD following childhood trauma. Further research is needed to study the effectiveness of NET in this population.

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叙事暴露疗法治疗童年创伤后应激障碍的疗效：单例系列设计

背景叙事暴露疗法（NET）在治疗难民和退伍军人的创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）方面取得了良好的效果。然而，它对童年创伤后应激障碍患者的治疗效果尚不清楚。目的我们研究了NET是否能有效治疗儿童创伤后应激障碍患者。方法我们研究了门诊环境中九名成年患者的治疗效果。采用 AB 单病例系列设计，治疗前 4 周为基线。参与者每周填写一次在线问卷，评估他们的创伤后应激障碍症状（使用创伤后诊断量表 [PDS]）和生活质量（使用曼彻斯特生活质量简短评估 [MANSA]）。采用混合效应模型对数据进行直观分析。结果结果显示，与基线相比，NET 治疗期间创伤后应激障碍症状没有明显减轻，生活质量也没有提高。结论我们的研究结果并没有强调 NET 治疗对儿童创伤后应激障碍患者的有效性。需要进一步研究NET对这一人群的有效性。

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Clinical psychology & psychotherapy PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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6.30

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5.60%

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106

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