提高患有PTSD的老年退伍军人的社会功能:干预和初始RCT的逻辑和设计以及初始RCT的设计
Anica Pless Kaiser1, Jennifer S Daks2, Lynn Korsun3
1National Center for PTSD, Boston, MA, United States of America; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States of America; Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America; New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Boston, MA, United States of America.
Contemporary clinical trials
|March 3, 2024
概括
患有创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的老年退伍军人经历了社会隔离. 一个新的小组干预,增强社会功能与PTSD (ESVP) 的老旧退伍军人,正在开发,以提高社会技能和生活质量.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 患有创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的老年退伍军人经常面临社会隔离和同时出现的身体健康问题.
- 与衰老相关的压力因素可能会加剧PTSD症状,导致社会功能受损和生活质量降低 (QoL).
- 现有的PTSD心理疗法可能对所有老年退伍军人没有充分利用或有效,需要针对性的社会功能干预.
研究的目的:
- 描述加强社会功能对于老年退伍军人与PTSD (ESVP) 干预的发展和可行性评估.
- 创建一个专门旨在增强老年退伍军人的社会功能,被诊断患有PTSD的小组干预.
- 为测试和完善ESVP干预概述一个分阶段的方法.
主要方法:
- 该ESVP干预方案是通过一个四阶段的过程开发的:干预设计,焦点小组审查,试点测试和随机可行性试验.
- 干预模块涵盖人际关系,沟通,愤怒管理,社交技能,社会支持和行为激活.
- 随机可行性试验将ESVP干预与支持组对照进行比较.
主要成果:
- 目前正在进行分析,以评估实施ESVP干预措施对患有PTSD的老年退伍军人的可行性.
- 代的开发过程确保了干预是根据目标人群的需求量身定制的.
- 可行性试验的结果将指导未来的研究和实施策略.
结论:
- ESVP干预是一个代开发的计划,旨在改善PTSD的老年退伍军人的社会功能.
- 目前正在评估ESVP干预的可行性.
- 随机可行性试验的结果将为后续研究的设计提供信息.
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