Prevalence and Predictors of Nonresponse to Psychological Treatment for PTSD: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although highly efficacious psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exist, there is evidence that first-line psychological treatment approaches leave a substantial subgroup of patients still suffering from clinically relevant PTSD symptoms posttreatment.

Aims

We aimed to meta-analytically establish the prevalence and predictors of nonresponse to first-line guideline-recommended psychological treatments for PTSD.

Materials and methods

This meta-analysis was preregistered (CRD42023368766). We searched the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository, Embase, Medline, PsychINFO, and PTSDpubs. We included randomized controlled trials (RCT), reporting data on nonresponse operationalized by (lack of) symptom reduction in PTSD symptoms at pos

SUBMITTER: Semmlinger V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11918500 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature