This study looks at the potential effects of a new group treatment called "Take Your Sexuality Back", designed for women who have experienced sexual trauma. Investigators will collect information in two ways-through forms that participants fill out themselves and through ECG measurements during a stress tests. Data will be collected before the treatment, right after it, and again three months later. When all data are collected and analyzed investigators will carry out in-depth interviews with participants and explore how they felt about being tested and how they understand the results -especially if some numbers look unusual or surprising. The goal with this study is to create a strong foundation for a future larger-scale study of the treatment by testing the methods, estimating the size of possible effects and identify outcome measurements that are experienced as meaningful to the participants.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
A 12 weeks group program.
Sykehuset Telemark HF
Skien, Norway
PTSD-symptoms and complex PTSD symptoms
The international trauma questionnaire (ITQ). Zero (0) is equivalent to nothing and 4 indicates extremely. Higher scores mean worse outcome.
Time frame: From enrollment to 3 month after end of treatment (12 weeks treatment)
Sexual satisfaction
The Sexual Satisfaction Scale for women (SSS-W). Different Likert scales. Higher scores mean worse outcome. Higher scores mean better outcome.
Time frame: From enrollment to 3 months after end of treatment (12 weeks intervention)
Sexual shame
The Sexual shame index-revised (SSI-R). One (1) is equivalent to strongly disagree and 6 indicates strongly agree. Higher scores mean worse outcome.
Time frame: From enrollment to 3 months after end of treatment (12 weeks intervention).
Interoceptive awareness
The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAYA 2). Zero is equivalent with never and 5 indicates always. Higher scores mean better outcome.
Time frame: From enrollment to 3 months after end of treatment (12 weeks intervention).
Responses to script-driven imagery.
The Responses to script-driven imagery (RSDI) measures emotional, cognitive, and physiological responses in the script-driven imagery procedure. Zero is equivalent to "not at all" and six (6) indicates "very much". Higher scores mean worse outcome.
Time frame: From enrollment to 3 months after end of treatment (12 weeks intervention).
Touch body map
Touch Body Map is an instrument for mapping how the body reacts to touch. Participants color the outlines of a human figure with three colors to mark how different areas of the body react to touch form a loved one. The body map gives a non-verbal expression of how trauma is embodied. The percentage of the different colors will be calculated to assess possible changes through the process
Time frame: From enrollment to 3 months after end of the treatment (12 weeks intervention).
Change in HRV and SampEn from pre-post and at follow up efter 3 month.
Cardiovascular measurement (ECG) recorded during a script-driven imagery (SDI). HRV and SampEn.
Time frame: Enrollment to 3 months after end of treatment (12 weeks intervention).
Participants experiences of being tested and their understanding of the results.
In-depth interviews with focus on participants own experiences and understanding og the quantitative results.
Time frame: Three month after end of treatment, when all quantitative results are analyzed and calculated.
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