Efficacy of Rational Rehabilitation (RR) in the treatment of patients with a Posttraumatic stress-disorder (PTSD) lasting longer than half a year.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic stress-disorder (PTSD) lasting longer than half a year.Posttraumatische stress-stoornis langer dan een half jaar bestaand.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28395
- Lead Sponsor
- Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Lentis.
- Brief Summary
Tomasoa, A.T., & Appelo, M.T. (2007). Rationele Rehabilitatie bij Posttraumatische stress-stoornis. Een pilotonderzoek. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie, 49,529-536.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
1. Diagnosis of PTSD (measured by the Klinische Interview voor PTSS, KIP; Hovens, 1994).
2. Symptoms of PTSD persisting for more than half a year.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Still being treated for PTSD.
2. Unfinished primary school.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Symptoms of PTSD<br /><br>( Measured by:<br>A: The Dutch version of the PTSD Symptom Scale-Self-Report, PSS-SR; Foa, Riggs, Dancu & Rothbaum,1993.) <br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method B: General psychic complaints ( Measured by: Korte Klachten Lijst, KKL; Lange, Schrieken, Van der Ven & Blankers,2000; Lange & Appelo, in voorbereiding).<br /><br>C: Quality of life ( Measured by: Dutch version of the WHO-Quality of Life Scale ; De Vries & Van Heck,1996).<br /><br>D: Autonomy and social optimism (Measured by: Positieve Uitkomsten Lijst, PUL; Appelo & Schouten,2003; Appelo,2005).<br /><br>E: Need for further treatment measured after completing therapy by asking the patient whether he still wants therapy. If so: what kind of treatment does the patient want and for what kind of complaints.<br /><br>F: Implicit and explicit associations (measured respectively by: a computer test, the Implicit Association Test, IAT, Greenwald, McGhee & Schwarz, 1998 and self report visual analogue scale from 0 till 10 about the same items as the IAT).<br>