2024
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following exposure to acute psychological trauma in children aged 8–16 years in South Africa: protocol for the Sinethemba longitudinal study
Sharp T, Chideya Y, Giuliani A, Hunt X, Tomlinson M, Seedat S, Creswell C, Fearon P, Hamilton-Giachritsis C, Hiller R, Meiser-Stedman R, Du Toit S, Stewart J, Halligan S. Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following exposure to acute psychological trauma in children aged 8–16 years in South Africa: protocol for the Sinethemba longitudinal study. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e085129. PMID: 38991675, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health outcomesPost-traumatic stress disorderChildren aged 8Caregiver supportHealth outcomesAssociation of psychosocial factorsAdverse mental health outcomesAged 8Traumatic eventsChildren’s post-traumatic stress disorderDepartment of HealthMiddle-income countriesTrauma-related mental healthPsychological risk factorsHigh-income countriesStress disorder symptomsFollow-up assessmentPost-traumatic stress disorder symptomsCape TownMotor vehicle accidentsHealthcare clinicsPsychosocial factorsMental healthPsychological recoveryEthical approval
2016
Adapting and testing a brief intervention to reduce maternal anxiety during pregnancy (ACORN): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Wilkinson E, O’Mahen H, Fearon P, Halligan S, King D, Greenfield G, Dunkley-Bent J, Ericksen J, Milgrom J, Ramchandani P. Adapting and testing a brief intervention to reduce maternal anxiety during pregnancy (ACORN): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2016, 17: 156. PMID: 27006007, PMCID: PMC4804571, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1274-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnxietyBody Temperature RegulationClinical ProtocolsCognitive Behavioral TherapyEnglandFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMidwiferyMother-Child RelationsPilot ProjectsPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPrenatal CarePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychotherapy, BriefPsychotherapy, GroupQuality of LifeResearch DesignSleepTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsAntenatal anxietyBrief interventionMethods/designThis studyNumber of participantsRoutine antenatal carePost-intervention outcome measuresMeeting eligibility criteriaMother-child bondingParticipants meeting eligibility criteriaSymptoms of anxietyBackgroundNational guidelinesAntenatal careAntenatal servicesControlled TrialsIntervention armPerinatal populationFeasibility trialOutcome measuresMaternal anxietyNumber of sessionsCognitive-behavioral principlesEligibility criteriaDesignThis studyInfant sleepExpectant mothers