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Scarfe ML, Belisario K, Gillard J, DeJesus J, Frey BN, Van Ameringen M, McKinnon MC, Bird BM, Gohari MR, Busse JW, MacKillop J. Changes in posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Ten-wave findings from a longitudinal observational cohort study of community adults. Psychiatry Res 2023; 329:115496. [PMID: 37797439 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
Abstract
Few studies have examined changes in posttraumatic-stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology across an extended time period during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used a longitudinal cohort design to examine: (1) changes in overall PTSD symptoms and symptom clusters; (2) moderators of change; (3) the clinical significance of observed changes; and (4) correlates of clinically meaningful changes. Community adults (N = 1412) were assessed using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) at 10 timepoints (October 2018 - April 2022). Changes in overall PCL-5 score and symptom clusters were substantially moderated by pre-pandemic clinical severity (i.e., above/below PCL-5 cut-off). Pre-pandemic non-clinical participants exhibited increases in overall scores, Cluster D (negative cognitions), and Cluster E (arousal), while clinically elevated participants exhibited decreases overall and in all clusters. Regarding clinical significance, 12% of pre-pandemic non-clinical participants exhibited clinically meaningful increases, and 4% exhibited decreases. Conversely, 42% of the pre-pandemic elevated group exhibited clinically meaningful decreases, while 6% exhibited increases. Pandemic impacts in numerous psychosocial domains were associated with clinically meaningful change. Collectively, these findings reveal substantively divergent trajectories by pre-pandemic severity and PTSD symptom cluster. The large proportion of pre-pandemic high-severity participants exhibiting sizable decreases was an unexpected notable observation.
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- Molly L Scarfe
- Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychology Neuroscience, and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Canada
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- Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Canada
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- Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Canada
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- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Homewood Research Institute, Guelph Ontario Canada
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- Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada; Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada; Department of Health Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychology Neuroscience, and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada; Homewood Research Institute, Guelph Ontario Canada.
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Taurisano P, Abbatantuono C, Verri V, Pepe I, Stucci LS, Taurino A, Moschetta M, De Caro MF, Antonucci LA. Pre-surgery supportive and goal-oriented strategies are associated with lower post-surgery perceived distress in women diagnosed with breast cancer. BMC Psychol 2022; 10:2. [PMID: 34980291 PMCID: PMC8725323 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-021-00714-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Psycho-oncology literature pointed out that individual health outcomes may depend on patients' propensity to adopt approach or, conversely, avoidant coping strategies. Nevertheless, coping factors associated with postoperative distress remain unclear, unfolding the lack of tailored procedures to help breast cancer patients manage the psychological burden of scheduled surgery. In view of this, the present study aimed at investigating: 1. pre-/post-surgery distress variations occurring among women diagnosed with breast cancer; 2. the predictivity of approach and avoidant coping strategies and factors in affecting post-surgery perceived distress. METHODS N = 150 patients (mean age = 59.37; SD = ± 13.23) scheduled for breast cancer surgery were administered a screening protocol consisting of the Distress Thermometer (DT) and the Brief-COPE. The DT was used to monitor patients' distress levels before and after surgery (± 7 days), whereas the Brief-COPE was adopted only preoperatively to evaluate patients' coping responses to the forthcoming surgical intervention. Non-parametric tests allowed for the detection of pre-/post-surgery variations in patients' perceived distress. Factor analysis involved the extraction and rotation of principal components derived from the Brief-COPE strategies. The predictivity of such coping factors was investigated through multiple regression (Backward Elimination). RESULTS The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test yielded a significant variation in DT mean scores (TW = -5,68 < -zα/2 = -1,96; p < .001) indicative of lower perceived distress following surgery. The four coping factors extracted and Varimax-rotated were, respectively: 1. cognitive processing (i.e., planning + acceptance + active coping + positive reframing); 2. support provision (i.e., instrumental + emotional support); 3. emotion-oriented detachment (i.e., self-blame + behavioral disengagement + humor + denial); 4. goal-oriented detachment (i.e., self-distraction). Among these factors, support provision (B = .458; β = - .174; t = - 2.03; p = .045), encompassing two approach coping strategies, and goal-oriented detachment (B = .446; β = - .176; t = - 2.06; p = .042), consisting of one avoidant strategy, were strongly related to post-surgery distress reduction. CONCLUSION The present investigation revealed that the pre-surgery adoption of supportive and goal-oriented strategies led to postoperative distress reduction among breast cancer patients. These findings highlight the importance of timely psychosocial screening and proactive interventions in order to improve patients' recovery and prognosis.
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- Paolo Taurisano
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Scipione Crisanzio 42, 70122, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantations (D.E.T.O.), Breast Care Unit, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Scipione Crisanzio 42, 70122, Bari, Italy.
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Woodberry KA, Powers KS, Bryant C, Downing D, Verdi MB, Elacqua KM, Reuman ARL, Kennedy L, Shapiro DI, West ML, Huang D, Crump FM, Grivel MM, Blasco DA, Herrera SN, Corcoran CM, Seidman LJ, Link BG, McFarlane WR, Yang LH. Emotional and stigma-related experiences relative to being told one is at risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res 2021; 238:44-51. [PMID: 34598105 PMCID: PMC8633064 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Despite the appeal of early intervention in psychosis, there is concern that identifying youth as having high psychosis risk (PR) may trigger stigma. This study employed a pre-post design to measure change in PR participants' emotions about PR upon being told of their PR status and according to whether this was the first time receiving this information. METHODS Participants (n = 54) identified as at PR via structured interview rated their emotions about PR before and after being told they were at PR. Qualitative analyses explored the valence of participant reflections on being given this information. RESULTS Participants reported significantly less negative emotion after being told of their PR status (p < .001), regardless of whether they were hearing this for the first time (p = .72). There was no change in positive emotions or the predominant belief that they should keep their PR status private. Most participants commented positively about the process of feedback but negatively about its impact on their self-perceptions and/or expectations of others' perceptions of them. CONCLUSION This is the first study to collect pre-post data related to being told one is at PR and to examine quantitative and qualitative responses across and within individuals. For a majority of participants, clinical feedback stimulated negative stereotypes even as it relieved some distress. To actively address internalized stigma, clinicians providing feedback to PR youth must attend to the positive and negative impacts on how youth think about themselves as well as how they feel.
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- Kristen A. Woodberry
- Center for Psychiatric Research, Maine Medical Center,Department of Psychiatry, Tufts School of Medicine,Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston
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- Center for Psychiatric Research, Maine Medical Center
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- Center for Psychiatric Research, Maine Medical Center
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,New York Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School,Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado,Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
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- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,James J Peter Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside
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- Center for Psychiatric Research, Maine Medical Center,Department of Psychiatry, Tufts School of Medicine
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- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University,School of Global Public Health, New York University
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O'Connell NS, Dai L, Jiang Y, Speiser JL, Ward R, Wei W, Carroll R, Gebregziabher M. Methods for Analysis of Pre-Post Data in Clinical Research: A Comparison of Five Common Methods. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 8:1-8. [PMID: 30555734 PMCID: PMC6290914 DOI: 10.4172/2155-6180.1000334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Often repeated measures data are summarized into pre-post-treatment measurements. Various methods exist in the literature for estimating and testing treatment effect, including ANOVA, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and linear mixed modeling (LMM). Under the first two methods, outcomes can either be modeled as the post treatment measurement (ANOVA-POST or ANCOVA-POST), or a change score between pre and post measurements (ANOVA-CHANGE, ANCOVA-CHANGE). In LMM, the outcome is modeled as a vector of responses with or without Kenward-Rogers adjustment. We consider five methods common in the literature, and discuss them in terms of supporting simulations and theoretical derivations of variance. Consistent with existing literature, our results demonstrate that each method leads to unbiased treatment effect estimates, and based on precision of estimates, 95% coverage probability, and power, ANCOVA modeling of either change scores or post-treatment score as the outcome, prove to be the most effective. We further demonstrate each method in terms of a real data example to exemplify comparisons in real clinical context.
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- Nathaniel S O'Connell
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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