dc.contributor.author
Böttche, Maria
dc.contributor.author
Wagner, Birgit
dc.contributor.author
Vöhringer, Max
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Heinrich, Manuel
dc.contributor.author
Stein, Jana
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Selmo, Pirko
dc.contributor.author
Stammel, Nadine
dc.contributor.author
Knaevelsrud, Christine
dc.date.accessioned
2021-10-28T10:41:19Z
dc.date.available
2021-10-28T10:41:19Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/32423
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-32147
dc.description.abstract
Background
Internet-based cognitive-behavioural interventions seem to be effective for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Arabic-speaking countries in the MENA region. However, due to high prevalence rates of trauma-related mental disorders in this region, it is important to scale up existing Internet-based interventions in order to increase the number of clients.
Objective
The aim of the study was to examine whether a brief Internet-based intervention with one cognitive technique (TF-short, 6 assignments) results in the same PTSD symptom change and lower dropouts compared to a longer intervention with two cognitive techniques (TF-reg, 10 assignments).
Method
A total of 224 Arab participants (67.4% female; M = 25.3 years old) with PTSD were randomly assigned to Internet-based CBT with either a TF-reg protocol (n = 110) or a TF-short protocol (n = 114). Symptoms of PTSD and secondary outcomes (anxiety, depression, somatic complaints, quality of life) were self-assessed online at baseline and post-treatment. Treatment-associated changes were estimated using multigroup latent difference score models.
Results
The overall PTSD score assessed with the PDS decreased by about 15 points in both conditions. The between-group differences (TF-reg vs. TF-short) at post-assessment were non-significant, Δ = 0.29, p = .896, d = 0.02, 95% CI [-0.30, 0.34]. Like the primary outcome, all within-group changes for the secondary outcomes throughout the intervention were statistically significant and all between-group effects were non-significant. Overall, the dropout rates did not differ between the two conditions, χ2 (1/N = 175) = 0.83, p = .364.
Conclusions
The findings suggest that the shorter condition results in the same symptom change and dropout rate as the longer condition. This highlights the potential of shorter, more scalable Internet-based interventions in socially restricted and (post-)conflict societies.
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dc.format.extent
13 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
e-mental health
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dc.subject.ddc
100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie
dc.title
Is only one cognitive technique also effective? Results from a randomized controlled trial of two different versions of an internet-based cognitive behavioural intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder in Arabic-speaking countries
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
1943870
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1080/20008198.2021.1943870
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
European Journal of Psychotraumatology
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
12
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1943870
refubium.affiliation
Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
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Arbeitsbereich Klinisch-Psychologische Intervention
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refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2000-8066
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