Feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of the PTSD coach app: A pilot randomized controlled trial with community trauma survivors

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 384-392

  Miner, Adam ^a   Kuhn, Eric ^b,e   Hoffman, Julia E ^c   Owen, Jason E ^c   Ruzek, Josef I ^b   Taylor, C Barr ^d  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile apps; Mobile phone intervention; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; STANDARDS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84955314933     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000092     Document Type: Article

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