Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Conditions
Keywords
Sexual trauma, Lifespan Integration
Brief summary
A new psychological trauma treatment method is tested on a population (n 100) of adult women who have been sexually traumatized at one specific time 0-5 years before they enter the study.
Detailed description
One treatment session is given with the psychological treatment method Lifespan Integration (LI). The main outcome is change on Impact of Event Scale (IES) before and after the treatment. The change is analyzed and compared with the change on Impact of Event Scale (IES) among the people on the waiting list arm. Self-rating questionnaires are being used 5+/-3 days before treatment, 20 +/-3 days after treatment, and 6 months +/- 6 weeks after the first measurement.
Interventions
OTHERLifespan Integration
A protocol based psychological treatment method
Sponsors
Karolinska Institutet
Insamlingsstiftelsen Wonsa, World of No Sexual Abuse
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Sexual trauma 1-5 years before inclusion * understanding Swedish, read and spoken
Exclusion criteria
* Psychotic symptoms * drug abuse * neuropsychiatric diagnoses ADHD and asperger
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change of Points on Impact of event scale before and after Lifespan Integration treatment after a sexual trauma | 3 weeks | One treatment is given, and change is measured 20 +/- 3 days after treatment. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change of Points of GHQ12 | 3 weeks | General Health Questionnaire 12 |
| Change of Points of Stressful Events Survey PTSD Short Scale (NSESS) | 3 weeks | Questionnaire |
| Self Rated Health and Sickness Questionnaire | 3 weeks | 10 items on current symptoms of sickness |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change of Points of Stressful Events Survey PTSD Short Scale (NSESS) | 6 months | Questionnaire |
| Self Rated Health and Sickness Questionnaire | 6 months | 10 items on current symptoms of sickness |
| Change of Points on Impact of event scale before and after Lifespan Integration treatment | 6 months | One treatment is given, and change is measured two weeks after treatment and six months after treatment. |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed