A non-inferiority trial of Prolonged Exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder: In person versus home-based telehealth

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2017, Pages 57-65

  Acierno, Ron ^a,b   Knapp, Rebecca ^c   Tuerk, Peter ^a,c   Gilmore, Amanda K ^c   Lejuez, Carl ^d   Ruggiero, Kenneth ^a,b   Muzzy, Wendy ^a,b   Egede, Leonard ^a   Hernandez Tejada, Melba A ^a,b   Foa, Edna B ^e  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Non inferiority; Prolonged exposure; PTSD; RCT; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME BASED TELEHEALTH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IN PERSON; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIGMA; TELEHEALTH; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85000910652     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2016.11.009     Document Type: Article

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