Do psychological treatments for PTSD in children and young people reduce trauma-related appraisals? A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Forfatter(e)
- Smith, C., Ford, C., Baldwin, G., Jensen, T. K., Karatzias, T., Birkeland, M. S., Meiser-Stedman, R.
- År
- 2024
- Tidsskrift
- Behaviour Research & Therapy
- Volum
- 182
- Sider
- 104621
- Kategori(er)
- Traumatiske belastninger/stress (PTSD)
- Tiltakstype(r)
- Kognitiv atferdsterapi, atferdsterapi og kognitiv terapi
- Abstract
Research is increasingly highlighting the role of negative trauma-related appraisals in child and adolescent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The cognitive model of PTSD claims that an essential mechanism of treatment is a reduction in these appraisals. The current systematic review with meta-analysis investigated the extent to which psychological treatments for PTSD reduce negative trauma-related appraisals in children and adolescents. Four databases (PsycINFO, Medline Complete, CINAHL Complete and PTSDpubs) were searched on the 11-12th December 2022. The Risk of Bias 2 (ROB-2) tool was used to assess for risk of bias. Thirteen studies were included in this review, comprising 937 child and adolescent participants. Using a random effects model to perform the meta-analysis, a medium pooled effect size for the effect of current treatments on trauma-related appraisals was found (g = -.67, 95% CI [-.86, -.48]). There was only a moderate level of heterogeneity between studies (I
= 44.4%), increasing the confidence with which these findings can be interpreted. These results indicate that psychological treatments for child and adolescent PTSD significantly reduce negative trauma-related appraisals. However, it is important to note that no trial included in the review was categorised as having low risk of bias.