A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the PTSD Coach App Following Motor Vehicle Crash-related Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms (PTSS) are common after minor injuries and can impair recovery. We sought to understand whether an evidence-based mobile phone application with self-help tools (PTSD Coach) could be useful to improve recovery after acute trauma among injured emergency department (ED) patients. This pilot study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and potential benefit of using PTSD Coach among acutely injured motor vehicle crash (MVC) patients.

Methods

From September 2017 to September 2018, we recruited adult patients within 24 hours post-MVC from the EDs of two Level I trauma centers in the United States. We randomly assigned 64 injured adults to either the PTSD Coach (n = 33) or treatment as usual (TAU; n = 31) condition. We asses

SUBMITTER: Pacella-LaBarbara ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9365500 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature