Thanos Karatzias1,2, Michael Brown3, Laurence Taggart4, Maria Truesdale1, Chammy Sirisena5, Robert Walley1,6, Susan Mason-Roberts1, Aoife Bradley1, Douglas Paterson7. 1. School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK. 2. Rivers Centre for Traumatic Stress, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK. 3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK. 4. Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK. 5. Learning Disability Service, NHS Borders, Melrose, UK. 6. Learning Disability Service, NHS Lanarkshire, Lanarkshire, UK. 7. Learning Disability Service, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Kilmarnock, UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report the results of the first randomized feasibility trial of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) plus Standard Care (SC) versus SC alone for DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults with intellectual disabilities. METHOD: A total of 29 participants were randomized to either to EMDR + SC (n = 15) or SC (n = 14). Participants completed measures on traumatic stress (PCL-C) and comorbid distress at baseline, 1 week post-treatment and 3-month follow-up. RESULTS: In the EMDR + SC group, 9 (60%) participants at post-treatment and 7 (47%) participants at 3-month follow-up were diagnosis free. In SC, 4 (27%) at post-treatment and follow-up were diagnosis free. At post-treatment, three participants (20%) dropped out from the EMDR + SC group, and 1 (7%) dropped out from the SC group. CONCLUSIONS: It is feasible, acceptable and potentially effective to deliver EMDR in this population group.
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OBJECTIVE: To report the results of the first randomized feasibility trial of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) plus Standard Care (SC) versus SC alone for DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults with intellectual disabilities. METHOD: A total of 29 participants were randomized to either to EMDR + SC (n = 15) or SC (n = 14). Participants completed measures on traumatic stress (PCL-C) and comorbid distress at baseline, 1 week post-treatment and 3-month follow-up. RESULTS: In the EMDR + SC group, 9 (60%) participants at post-treatment and 7 (47%) participants at 3-month follow-up were diagnosis free. In SC, 4 (27%) at post-treatment and follow-up were diagnosis free. At post-treatment, three participants (20%) dropped out from the EMDR + SC group, and 1 (7%) dropped out from the SC group. CONCLUSIONS: It is feasible, acceptable and potentially effective to deliver EMDR in this population group.