F43.1
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Therapist-guided, manualized, internet-based therapy for treating posttraumatic stress disorder in patients after severe sepsis and/or their spouses
clients complete two 50-minute written assignments per week over a 5-week period (10 assignments in total)
Group 2: Waitlist control group
Sponsors
Integriertes Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum (IFB) Sepsis und Sepsisfolgen, Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients after severe sepsis with intensive care > 5 days or spouses of patients with clinically relevant posttraumatic stress symptoms, trauma associated with intensive care for treatment of sepsis, fluent in written German, internet access
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients without spouse, acute psychosis, suicidal intentions, use of neuroleptics, concurrent psychotherapeutic treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Symptom severity of posttraumatic stress (about 5 weeks after randomization; measured via the Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist [PCL-5]) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Remission of PTSD (measured via the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale [CAPS]), depression, anxiety, somatization (measured via the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 [BSI-18]), marital satisfaction (measured via the Relationship Assessment Scale [RAS]), health-related quality of life (measured via the EQ-5D-5L; all mentioned outcomes assessed at the end of treatment, 3, 6, and 12 months post-treatment), percentage of participants leaving the study early (during treatment phase) due to any reason; assessment of safety: Monitoring of suicidality and behavioral adverse effects | — |
Countries
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Contacts
Public ContactRomina Gawlytta
Universitätsklinikum Jena, Institut für Psychosoziale Medizin und Psychotherapie
Outcome results
None listed