1. Cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder delivered to rural veterans via telemental health: a randomized noninferiority clinical trial.
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Morland LA, Mackintosh MA, Greene CJ, Rosen CS, Chard KM, Resick P, and Frueh BC
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- Adult, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy instrumentation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy standards, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Psychotherapy, Group instrumentation, Psychotherapy, Group methods, Psychotherapy, Group standards, Rural Population, Severity of Illness Index, Telemedicine instrumentation, Telemedicine standards, Treatment Outcome, United States, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy methods, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic therapy, Telemedicine methods, Veterans psychology
- Abstract
Objective: To compare clinical and process outcomes of cognitive processing therapy-cognitive only version (CPT-C) delivered via videoteleconferencing (VTC) to in-person in a rural, ethnically diverse sample of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)., Method: A randomized clinical trial with a noninferiority design was used to determine if providing CPT-C via VTC is effective and "as good as" in-person delivery. The study took place between March 2009 and June 2013. PTSD was diagnosed per DSM-IV. Participants received 12 sessions of CPT-C via VTC (n = 61) or in-person (n = 64). Assessments were administered at baseline, midtreatment, immediately posttreatment, and 3 and 6 months posttreatment. The primary clinical outcome was posttreatment PTSD severity, as measured by the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale., Results: Clinical and process outcomes found VTC to be noninferior to in-person treatment. Significant reductions in PTSD symptoms were identified at posttreatment (Cohen d = 0.78, P < .05) and maintained at 3- and 6-month follow-up (d = 0.73, P < .05 and d = 0.76, P < .05, respectively). High levels of therapeutic alliance, treatment compliance, and satisfaction and moderate levels of treatment expectancies were reported, with no differences between groups (for all comparisons, F < 1.9, P > .17)., Conclusions: Providing CPT-C to rural residents with PTSD via VTC produced outcomes that were "as good as" in-person treatment. All participants demonstrated significant reductions in PTSD symptoms posttreatment and at follow-up. Results indicate that VTC can offer increased access to specialty mental health care for residents of rural or remote areas., Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00879255., (© Copyright 2014 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.)
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- 2014
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