比较与军事性创伤或其他创伤类型相关的创伤后应激障碍退伍军人:基线特征和住院认知加工治疗结果
Comparing Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Related to Military Sexual Trauma or Other Trauma Types: Baseline Characteristics and Residential Cognitive Processing Therapy Outcomes.
作者信息
Christ Nicole M, Blain Rachel C, Pukay-Martin Nicole D, Petri Jessica M, Chard Kathleen M
机构信息
Trauma Recovery Center, 20082Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Department of Psychiatry, 2514University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
出版信息
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Nov;37(21-22):NP20701-NP20723. doi: 10.1177/08862605211055082. Epub 2021 Nov 17.
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has called for improved assessment and intervention for survivors of military sexual trauma (MST) to mitigate deleterious sequalae, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research on the impact of MST-related PTSD (MST-IT) on men is limited, and few studies have examined the differential effects of treatment across genders and MST-IT. Additionally, studies have utilized varying definitions of MST (e.g., sexual assault only vs. including sexual harassment), contributing to disparate outcomes across studies. Utilizing data from 343 veterans seeking residential cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD in VHA, this study examined the impact of MST-IT and gender on differences in demographic characteristics; pre-treatment severity of PTSD (overall and clusters), depression, and negative posttraumatic cognitions (NPCs); and post-treatment severity of these variables after accounting for pre-treatment severity. Results from 2x2 factorial ANOVAs found no differences in pre-treatment depression or overall PTSD by MST-IT, gender, or their interaction; however, MST-IT survivors presented with greater pre-treatment avoidance, global NPCs, and self-blame. Results from hierarchical linear regression models found only pre-treatment symptom severity significantly predicted post-treatment severity for overall PTSD and all NPCs. These findings suggest veteran survivors of MST-IT appear to benefit similarly from CPT delivered in a VHA residential PTSD program compared to veterans with other index traumas, regardless of gender. Although there were minimal post-treatment differences in PTSD and NPCs by MST-IT status and gender, residual symptoms related to negative cognitions and mood appear to differ across gender and MST-IT status. Specifically, in individuals without MST-IT, post-treatment PTSD symptoms of negative alterations in cognition and mood were higher in men than women. Moreover, women with MST-IT reported more symptoms of depression than both men with MST-IT and women without MST-IT. These findings suggest depressive symptoms decrease through residential PTSD treatment differentially by MST-IT status and gender and warrant further examination.
退伍军人健康管理局(VHA)呼吁改善对军事性创伤(MST)幸存者的评估和干预,以减轻包括创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)在内的有害后遗症。关于与MST相关的PTSD(MST-IT)对男性影响的研究有限,很少有研究考察过不同性别和MST-IT情况下治疗的差异效果。此外,各项研究对MST的定义各不相同(例如,仅指性侵犯还是包括性骚扰),导致研究结果存在差异。本研究利用来自343名在VHA寻求住院认知加工疗法(CPT)治疗PTSD的退伍军人的数据,考察了MST-IT和性别对人口统计学特征差异的影响;PTSD(总体及各亚组)、抑郁和创伤后消极认知(NPC)的治疗前严重程度;以及在考虑治疗前严重程度后这些变量的治疗后严重程度。2×2析因方差分析的结果发现,MST-IT、性别及其交互作用在治疗前抑郁或总体PTSD方面没有差异;然而,MST-IT幸存者在治疗前表现出更高的回避、总体NPC和自责。分层线性回归模型的结果发现,只有治疗前症状严重程度能显著预测总体PTSD和所有NPC的治疗后严重程度。这些发现表明,与患有其他创伤指数的退伍军人相比,MST-IT的退伍军人幸存者似乎从VHA住院PTSD项目提供的CPT中获得了相似程度的益处,无论性别如何。尽管按MST-IT状态和性别划分,治疗后PTSD和NPC的差异很小,但与消极认知和情绪相关的残留症状似乎因性别和MST-IT状态而异。具体而言,在没有MST-IT的个体中,男性治疗后的PTSD认知和情绪消极改变症状高于女性。此外,患有MST-IT的女性报告的抑郁症状比患有MST-IT的男性和没有MST-IT的女性都多。这些发现表明,抑郁症状通过住院PTSD治疗因MST-IT状态和性别而有不同程度的减轻,值得进一步研究。