F43.0
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Art Therapy Intervention
The patients receive art therapy over 8 sessions in the course of approx. 3 months and will then be invited for a follow-up examination
Group 2: Watchful Waiting Con
Sponsors
Ärztliche Leitung der Klinik fürPsychosomatische Medizin und PsychotherapieKlinikum Nürnberg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Recruitment of patients after potentially traumatizing, critical events that have an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder Critical events are defined as: a) miscarriage or stillbirth b) Incisive cardiac event (e.g. myocardial infarction, resuscitation after cardiac event, aortic dissection) c) Serious accident (e.g. traffic accident)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Male sex - Acute addiction - Acute suicidal tendency - Mental disorders that require permanent medication - Chronic inflammatory diseases with anti-inflammatory medication - Dementia - Insufficient knowledge of the german language - Non-accessibility of the Klinikum Nürnberg from your place of residence (for outpatient therapy sessions)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary objective is the severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms after the intervention, measured with the revised version of the Impact of Events Scale (IES-R) (Maercker & Schützwohl, 1998; Weiss & Marmar, 1997) and the German version of the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Survey (PDS)(Ehlers et al., 1996). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary biological targets are neuroendocrine and immunological stress reactivity (measured by cortisol and a-amylase in saliva, and interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-10 in plasma), stress-related DNA damage in single cells in the form of single- and double-strand breaks, and their metabolites (including nitrotyrosine/HO-1/iNOS) by exposure to stress-related radical formation. Secondary psychicological targets are depression and post-traumatic growth. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactChristiane Waller
Ärztliche Leitung der Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und PsychotherapieKlinikum Nürnberg
Outcome results
None listed