F43.1
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: The study is operationalized as a within-subject-design including two conditions:
Condition 1 = (Arm 1): Patients, who have a posttraumatic stress disorder (ICD-10 F43.1), an out-patient psy
Sponsors
Universität des Saarlandes, Institut für PsychologieAbteilung für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria patients: Patients, who have a posttraumatic stress disorder (ICD-10 F43.1) as primary diagnosis and who are undergoing cogntive behavioral therapy Inclusion criteria therapists: approbated psychological psychotherapists or psychotherapists in training and under supervision
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients: psychotic experience, suicidality, lack of impulse control, dissociative symptoms
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physiological measures of stress-experiencing (saliva cortisol, saliva-alpha-amylase levels) will be recorded from PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) - patients and their treating therapists at 5 measure points that take place before, during, and after a confrontative-session as well as before, during, and after a control condition (goal attainment scaling). Furthermore, data from therapists concerning their therapeutic expertise, their attitude toward confrontative, and their perceived therapeutic competence will be collected. The visual analog scale will be applied to patients and therapists at 5 measure points of confrontative-session and control condition to evaluate their momentary perceived level of stress-experiencing. Additionally, at the end of each session patients and therapists assess their perceived therapeutic success concerning the respective session. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical diagnosis of patients (structured clinical interview, SKID), ratings of global symptom severity (e.g., Symptom Checklist (SCL-90)) and questionnaires for specific disorder symptoms (e.g., PCL-5 for PTSD) via self-assessment. The interview is conducted by independent diagnosticians within the time frame of the probatory sessions. Questionnaire data is collected after the interview. The interview and the questionnaires mentioned above are conducted before the regular therapeutic sessions (i.e. before the experimental condition and the control condition) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMonika Equit
Universität des Saarlandes, Institut für PsychologieAbteilung für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Outcome results
None listed