Nonresponse and Dropout Rates in Outcome Studies on PTSD: Review and Methodological Considerations
Catholic University of America · University of America
Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represents a frequent consequence of a variety of extreme psychological stressors. Lists of empirically supported treatments for PTSD usually include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), but nonresponse and dropout rates in these treatments often are high. We review the treatment dropout and nonresponse rates in 55 studies of empirically supported treatments for PTSD, review the literature for predictors of dropout and nonresponse, discuss methodological inconsistencies in the literature that make comparisons across studies difficult, and outline future directions for research. Dropout rates ranged widely and may have…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 11.20
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 156
Authors
5- MAMichele A. SchottenbauerCorresponding
Catholic University of America, University of America
- CRCarol R. Glass
University of America, Catholic University of America
- DBDiane B. Arnkoff
University of America, Catholic University of America
- VTVanessa Tendick
University of America, Catholic University of America
- SHSheila Hafter Gray
Topics & keywords
- Dropout (neural networks)
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
- Psychology
- Stressor
- Clinical psychology
- Population
- Posttraumatic stress
- Psychiatry