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Recent traumatic episode protocol EMDR applied online for COVID-19 related symptoms of Turkish health care workers diagnosed with COVID-19 related PTSD: A pilot study (Alpha Psychiatry)

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Recent traumatic episode protocol EMDR applied online for COVID-19 related symptoms of Turkish health care workers diagnosed with COVID-19 related PTSD: A pilot study

This study looks at online EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol for healthcare workers with pandemic-related post-traumatic stress disorder.


Article Abstract

“Background: This study investigates the effect of the online Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol on posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and burnout symptoms in healthcare workers diagnosed with pandemic-related post-traumatic stress disorder.

Methods: The study included healthcare workers who applied to psychiatry outpatient clinics due to the psychiatric symptoms that developed related to the pandemic and who were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The Beck Anxiety Inventory, Impact of Event Scale-Revised to evaluate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (avoidance, intrusion, and hyperarousal), Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory were used for the assessment. The tests were administered 3 times (pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at 1-month follow-up).

Results: This study included 14 healthcare workers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder; 2 (14.3%) physicians, 2 (14.3%) nurses, 4 (28.6%) other-healthcare workers/medi- cal staff, and 6 (42.8%) other healthcare workers/non-medical staff. There was a significant decrease in Impact of Event Scale-Revised total score, the intrusion and hyper-arousal sub-scores between T1 and T2 (P=.018; P=.005; P=.0005, respectively) and between T1 and T3 (P < .001; P < .001; P < .001, respectively), but there was no difference between T2 and T3 (P = .89). A significant difference was found in repeated measurements of both Beck Depression Inventory [P < .001] and Beck Anxiety Inventory [P < .001] scores. There was a significant difference in emotional exhaustion, one of the subscales of Maslach Burnout Inventory (P = .09). However, there was no significant difference in depersonalization (P = .48) and personal accomplishment (P = .66).

Conclusions: Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol appears to be capable of reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression, intrusion, and hyperarousal symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and emotional exhaustion when symptoms that developed are related to the pandemic in healthcare workers.”

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Article Access

Open Access

Sagaltici, E., Cetinkaya, M., Kocamer Sahin, S., Gulen, B., & Karaman, S. (2022). Recent traumatic episode protocol EMDR applied online for COVID-19 related symptoms of Turkish health care workers diagnosed with COVID-19 related PTSD: A pilot study. Alpha Psychiatry, 23(3), 121-127. Open access: https://doi.org/10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2022.21763

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“Alpha Psychiatry is an open access, peer reviewed journal committed to promoting the highest standards of scientific exchange and education.”

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Date
May 12, 2022

Creator(s)
Eser Sağaltıcı, Mustafa Çetinkaya, Şengül Kocamer Şahin

Contributor(s)
Birgül Gülen, Şenel Karaman

Topics
COVID-19

Client Population
First Responders/Healthcare Workers

Practice & Methods
Telehealth

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Extent
7 pages

Publisher
AVES

Rights
Copyright@Author(s) - Available online at alpha-psychiatry.com. Content of this journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

APA Citation
Sagaltici, E., Cetinkaya, M., Kocamer Sahin, S., Gulen, B., & Karaman, S. (2022). Recent traumatic episode protocol EMDR applied online for COVID-19 related symptoms of Turkish health care workers diagnosed with COVID-19 related PTSD: A pilot study. Alpha Psychiatry, 23(3), 121-127. Open access: https://doi.org/10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2022.21763

Audience
EMDR Therapists, Other Mental Health Professionals

Language
English

Content Type
Article, Peer-Reviewed

Access Type
External Resource, Open Access

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