TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Attrition in interpersonal psychotherapy among women with post-traumatic stress disorder following sexual assault
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Proença, Cecília R.
A1  - Markowitz, John C.
A1  - Prado, Euthymia A.
A1  - Braga, Rosaly
A1  - Coimbra, Bruno M.
A1  - Mello, Thays F.
A1  - Maciel, Mariana R.
A1  - Pupo, Mariana
A1  - Póvoa, Juliana
A1  - Mello, Andrea F.
A1  - Mello, Marcelo F.
SP  - e2120
EP  - e2120
VL  - 10
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: An estimated 16.9% of adult Brazilian women experience sexual assault in their lifetime. Almost half of women who suffer such trauma develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Markowitz et al. (2015) found that an affect-focused non-exposure therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), adapted to treat PTSD (IPT-PTSD) had similar efficacy to and lower dropout rates than Prolonged Exposure (PE), the "gold standard," most studied exposure therapy for PTSD. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To assess attrition rates in IPT of sexually assaulted women recently diagnosed with PTSD. <br><br>METHODS: The current study derives from a two-arm, randomized controlled clinical trial of sexually assaulted women with PTSD who received 14 weeks of standardized treatment with either IPT-PTSD or sertraline. <i>Sample</i>: The 32 patients in the IPT treatment arm were analyzed. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall attrition was 29%. One patient was withdrawn because of suicidal risk; four dropped out pre-treatment, and five dropped out during IPT-PTSD. If the excluded patient is considered a dropout, the rate increases to 31%. <br><br>DISCUSSION: This is the first formal study of IPT for PTSD specifically due to sexual assault. IPT attrition approximated dropout rates in PE studies, which are often around 30%, and to the sertraline group in our study (34.5%). Further research should compare IPT and PE among sexually assaulted women to clarify our hypothesis that IPT could be an attractive alternative approach for this patient group.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Proença, Markowitz, Prado, Braga, Coimbra, Mello, Maciel, Pupo, Póvoa, Mello and Mello.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02120
ID  - ref1
ER  -