Cognitive Processing Therapy for Childbirth-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorSt. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether participation in an individual 8-session cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is feasible, acceptable, and leads to clinically meaningful trauma symptom reduction in individuals experiencing childbirth-related trauma.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Is it feasible for women and birthing people to attend and complete an 8-session course of CPT delivered virtually within a specialized women's mental health clinic? 2. Do participants find this modified 8-session CPT protocol acceptable and helpful? 3. Does the treatment lead to clinically meaningful reductions in childbirth-related posttraumatic stress and related symptoms?
Participants will be asked to:
1. Attend 8 weekly sessions of individual CPT for childbirth-related trauma 2. Complete a self-report measure of trauma symptoms weekly (i.e., the PCL-5) 3. Complete additional symptom questionnaires at baseline, post-treatment, and at one-month follow-up. 4. Complete a brief qualitative interview one week after treatment to share feedback on their experience
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
women/birthing people aged 18 years and older who are fluent in English (able to speak/understand and read English), and who are at least one month postpartum
either indicate clinical levels of PTSD related to a traumatic birth (i.e., 31 or higher on the PCL-5) or endorse significant distress or impairment as a result of their traumatic childbirth experience
not receiving concurrent psychological treatment
not taking psychoactive medication or if taking medications, are stable in dose and type for at least 8 weeks prior to the study (as per Canadian psychiatric guidelines; McQueen et al., 2016) and remain stable throughout the study
Disqualifiers
severe depression/suicidality requiring acute intervention
medication changes in dose or type
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Individual Cognitive Processing Therapy
Treatment groups
29 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov