Predictors of Partner Engagement in PTSD Treatment |
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| Authors: | Frederic Sautter Judith A. Lyons Gina Manguno-Mire Dana Perry Xiaotong Han Michelle Sherman Leann Myers Ronald Landis Greer Sullivan |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Tulane University Health Sciences Center, VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana;(2) South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, USA;(3) G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi;(4) South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA;(5) Tulane University Health Sciences Center, South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, USA;(6) South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA;(7) VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;(8) South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA;(9) Tulane University School of Public Health, USA;(10) Department of Psychology, Tulane University, USA;(11) Department of Psychiatry and Neurology TB-53, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112 |
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| Abstract: | A telephone survey was conducted to identify predictors of treatment engagement in 83 cohabitating female partners of 83 Vietnam theater veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The survey assessed veterans for their trauma history and PTSD symptoms. Partners were assessed for caregiver burden, patient–partner involvement, PTSD treatment engagement, self-efficacy relating to PTSD, beliefs about benefits of PTSD treatment, and PTSD treatment barriers. Significant predictors of partner PTSD treatment engagement were the couple’s income, patient–partner involvement, and partner caregiver burden. These findings have implications for family interventions that may increase partner PTSD treatment engagement and improve PTSD treatment outcome. |
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| Keywords: | treatment engagement PTSD couples families family therapy couples therapy |
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