Post-traumatic stress disorder after secondary traumatization
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Intervention: 3-6 EMDR sessions with one or two sessions per week. Approximately 1-1.5 hours per session. The number of sessions is adapted to the needs of the client.
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Abteilung für Allgemeine Innere Medizin und Psychosomatik
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants who work as care givers in the reception center of the Patrick Henry Village in Heidelberg, or other first reception settings and from charitable organizations on a professional or voluntary basis. Included are participants (min. 18 years), who are able to give consent, who report a work-related stress and the willingness to process the work-related experiences with an EMDR exposure is also a prerequisite. Inclusion in the study is of course subject to their voluntary and informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Active suicidality, active self-injurious behavior, substance use, or psychotic symptoms. This is inquired about as part of the anamnesis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PTSD symptoms due to secondary traumatization, assessed by the "Secondary Traumatization Questionnaire" (FST). The questionnaire-based data collection will be carried out upon the initial screening appointment (T1), the second data collection point (T2) after the last EMDR-session (around 6 weeks after T1), then 4 weeks (T3) after T2. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PTSD symptomatology (Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale; PDS), symptoms of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire; PHQ-9), symptoms of anxiety (Generalized-Anxiety-Disorder-7; GAD-7), burden of physical symptoms (Somatic-Symptom-Disorder-12; SSD-12), scale for professional quality of life, (PROQOL-5), health-related quality of life (Short-Form-12; SF-12), and psychological well-being (WHO-5). | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactIrja Rzepka
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Outcome results
None listed