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Written Exposure Therapy for Nurses

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The University of Texas System (UT)

Status and phase

Completed
Early Phase 1

Conditions

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Depressive Symptoms
Burn Out
Work Related Stress
Anxiety

Treatments

Behavioral: WET

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06432374
HUM00203166

Details and patient eligibility

About

Nurses often experience elevated levels of stress, overwork, and trauma in the workplace, leading to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, burnout, and even nurse turnover. While effective therapies for PTSD exist, barriers to treatment arise from nursing culture, such as workplace stigma about mental health problems, fear that psychological status may impact performance evaluations, and demands of shiftwork. There is a pressing need for scalable evidence-based interventions tailored to nursing culture to effectively address PTSD and related mental health issues. The study aimed to assess the feasibility, safety, and acceptability of a tailored evidence-based treatment, Written Exposure Therapy (WET), for nurses experiencing work-related traumatic stress.

This single-arm open pilot study with pre- and post-intervention assessments, included participants from two nursing schools' alumni. Eligibility criteria included nurses screening positive for work-related trauma with a report of at least two PTSD symptoms. Participants engaged in a self-administered, asynchronous, five-week online writing session, facilitated by WET-trained nurses. Outcomes measures (PTSD, depression, anxiety, burnout, and intention to quit) were assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 5-weeks follow-up.

Enrollment

10 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Work-related trauma
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder

Exclusion criteria

  • Current substance abuse
  • Current suicidality
  • Current psychiatric treatment with psychotherapy or psychotropic medications other than selective serotonin (and norepinephrine) reuptake inhibitors (SSRI/SNRI).

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

10 participants in 1 patient group

Written Exposure Therapy
Experimental group
Description:
WET is a trauma-focused therapy for PTSD. It includes five writing sessions.
Treatment:
Behavioral: WET

Trial contacts and locations

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