An Open Trial to Test Participant Satisfaction With and Feasibility of a Computerized Intervention for Women Veterans With Sexual Trauma Histories Seeking Primary Care Treatment

Suzannah K Creech; Carey S Pulverman; Mollie E Shin; Kathryn T Roe; Golfo Tzilos Wernette; Lindsay M Orchowski; Christopher W Kahler; M Tracie Shea; Caron Zlotnick

doi:10.1177/1077801219895102

An Open Trial to Test Participant Satisfaction With and Feasibility of a Computerized Intervention for Women Veterans With Sexual Trauma Histories Seeking Primary Care Treatment

Violence Against Women. 2021 Mar;27(3-4):597-614. doi: 10.1177/1077801219895102. Epub 2020 Jan 3.

Authors

Suzannah K Creech^{1

2}, Carey S Pulverman^{1

2}, Mollie E Shin¹, Kathryn T Roe¹, Golfo Tzilos Wernette³, Lindsay M Orchowski^{4

5}, Christopher W Kahler⁶, M Tracie Shea^{4

7}, Caron Zlotnick^{6

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ VA VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Waco, USA.
² University of Texas at Austin, USA.
³ University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA.
⁴ Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁵ Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA.
⁶ Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁷ Providence VA Medical Center, RI, USA.
⁸ Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
⁹ University of Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 31896315
DOI: 10.1177/1077801219895102

Abstract

Sexual trauma is prevalent among women veterans and associated with health risks including hazardous drinking, intimate partner violence (IPV), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Safe and Healthy Experiences (SHE) is a computerized intervention to reduce these health risks. SHE was pilot tested in an open trial (N = 20) with women veterans with a history of sexual trauma and associated health risks. Women reported high satisfaction with the intervention and computerized delivery and they evidenced reductions in hazardous drinking, IPV, and PTSD at 4 months. SHE appears to be satisfactory, feasible, and potentially beneficial to women veterans.

Keywords: hazardous drinking; intimate partner violence; post-traumatic stress disorder; sexual trauma; women veterans.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Intimate Partner Violence*
Personal Satisfaction
Primary Health Care
Sexual Trauma
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / complications
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / therapy
Veterans*