dc.contributor.author | Rabe, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Dörfel, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Zöllner, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Maercker, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Karl, A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-13T15:14:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Persons with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been shown to display elevated baseline cardiovascular activity and a heightened physiological reactivity to trauma-related stimuli. Study 1 examined differences in baseline heart rate (HR) and HR reactivity in 68 survivors of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) and healthy controls without MVA. MVA survivors with PTSD (n=26), subsyndromal PTSD (n=22), traumatized controls without PTSD (non-PTSD with MVA, n=20) and healthy controls without MVA (HC, n=27) underwent measurement of HR during baseline and exposure to a neutral, positive, negative, and trauma-related picture. PTSD patients showed elevated baseline HR and increased HR reactivity only during exposure to the trauma-related picture. Study 2 investigated whether the elevated physiological responses observed in Study 1 normalized after cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). We conducted a randomized, controlled treatment trial comparing CBT (n=17) to a Wait-list condition (WLC, n=18). Results showed a greater decrease in HR reactivity for CBT than for WLC. The change in HR reactivity was associated with clinical improvement. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KA 1476/3) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 31, pp. 315 - 330 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10484-006-9027-1 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26525 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag (Germany) for Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17094031 | en_GB |
dc.subject | Accidents, Traffic | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adult | en_GB |
dc.subject | Affect | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cognitive Therapy | en_GB |
dc.subject | Electrocardiography | en_GB |
dc.subject | Female | en_GB |
dc.subject | Heart Rate | en_GB |
dc.subject | Humans | en_GB |
dc.subject | Male | en_GB |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | en_GB |
dc.subject | Photic Stimulation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychiatric Status Rating Scales | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychometrics | en_GB |
dc.subject | Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic | en_GB |
dc.subject | Treatment Outcome | en_GB |
dc.title | Cardiovascular correlates of motor vehicle accident related posttraumatic stress disorder and its successful treatment | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-13T15:14:12Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1090-0586 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | Germany | en_GB |
dc.description | Springer Open Choice Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback | en_GB |
dc.identifier.pmid | 17094031 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | PMC1705541 | |