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SynthesisMedicine2020

The effects of psychotherapy for depressed or posttraumatic stress disorder women with childhood sexual abuse history: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Jhih-Yuan Lu, Tao-Hsin Tung, Sheng-Ang Shen, Chien Huang, Pei-Shih Chen

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Synthesis in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jhih-Yuan LuTaiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation, Taipei.
Tao-Hsin TungDepartment of Crime Prevention and Correction, Central Police University, Taoyuan.
Sheng-Ang ShenDepartment of Medical Research and Education, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei.
Chien HuangDepartment of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Pei-Shih ChenDepartment of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung.
Cheng Hsin General Hospital · TWKaohsiung Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the most common mental disorders of women suffered from childhood sexual abuse histories. It has been widely recognized that depression and PTSD may decrease patients' quality of life. The objective of this study is conducted to explore the effects of psychotherapy for depressed or PTSD women with childhood sexual abuse history.

methodsWe searched the PubMed and Cochrane Library from inception to June 30, 2019. The search strategy is (sexual assault OR sexual crime OR sexual abuse) AND (depression OR PTSD) AND (treatment OR intervention OR psychotherapy) with no restriction on language. Two authors independently selected the studies, assessed the quality of the included studies, and extracted data.

resultsNine randomized control trials with 761 participants met the inclusion criteria. There were 340 participants in the psychotherapy group and 421 participants in the control group (usual treatment or waiting list). Compared to usual care, improvements were significantly greater in the psychotherapy group. The Beck depression inventory score for depression diagnosis of the psychotherapy group is lower from 4.27 to 8.96 (P < .05) than the control group. The client assessment protocols for PTSD, the diagnosis is also lower from 12.4 to 13.71 than the control group (P < .05).

conclusionThe results suggested that psychotherapy is effective in reducing depressed or PTSD women with childhood sexual abuse. Further large-scale high-quality randomized controlled trials with long-term follow-up are warranted for confirming this finding.

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AdultChildChild Abuse, SexualChi-Square DistributionDepressionFemaleHumansPsychotherapyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicStress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

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PMID32332620
PMCPMC7220744
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