TY - JOUR
T1 - A controlled study of imagery rehearsal for chronic nightmares in sexual assault survivors with PTSD
T2 - A preliminary report
AU - Krakow, B.
AU - Hollifield, M.
AU - Schrader, R.
AU - Koss, M.
AU - Tandberg, D.
AU - Lauriello, J.
AU - McBride, L.
AU - Warner, T. D.
AU - Cheng, D.
AU - Edmond, T.
AU - Kellner, R.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Imagery-rehearsal therapy for chronic nightmares was assessed in a randomized, controlled study of sexual assault survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nightmares, sleep quality, and PTSD were assessed at baseline for 169 women, who were randomized into two groups: treatment (n = 87) and wait-list control (n = 82). Treatment consisted of two 3-hr sessions and one 1-hr session conducted over 5 weeks. Of 169 participants, 91 women (Treatment, n = 43, Control, n = 48) completed a 3-month follow-up and 78 did not. At follow-up, nightmare frequency and PTSD severity decreased and sleep quality improved in the treatment group with small to minimal changes in the control group, Treatment effects were moderate to high (Cohen's d ranged from 0.57 to 1.26). Notwithstanding the large dropout rate, imagery-rehearsal therapy is an effective treatment for chronic nightmares in sexual assault survivors with PTSD and is associated with improvement in sleep quality and decreases in PTSD severity.
AB - Imagery-rehearsal therapy for chronic nightmares was assessed in a randomized, controlled study of sexual assault survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nightmares, sleep quality, and PTSD were assessed at baseline for 169 women, who were randomized into two groups: treatment (n = 87) and wait-list control (n = 82). Treatment consisted of two 3-hr sessions and one 1-hr session conducted over 5 weeks. Of 169 participants, 91 women (Treatment, n = 43, Control, n = 48) completed a 3-month follow-up and 78 did not. At follow-up, nightmare frequency and PTSD severity decreased and sleep quality improved in the treatment group with small to minimal changes in the control group, Treatment effects were moderate to high (Cohen's d ranged from 0.57 to 1.26). Notwithstanding the large dropout rate, imagery-rehearsal therapy is an effective treatment for chronic nightmares in sexual assault survivors with PTSD and is associated with improvement in sleep quality and decreases in PTSD severity.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0033730708
U2 - 10.1023/A:1007854015481
DO - 10.1023/A:1007854015481
M3 - Article
C2 - 11109233
AN - SCOPUS:0033730708
SN - 0894-9867
VL - 13
SP - 589
EP - 609
JO - Journal of Traumatic Stress
JF - Journal of Traumatic Stress
IS - 4
ER -