“Do you expect me to receive PTSD care in a setting where most of the other patients remind me of the perpetrator?”: Home-based telemedicine to address barriers to care unique to military sexual trauma and veterans affairs hospitals
Gilmore AK, Davis MT, Grubaugh A, Resnick H, Birks A, Denier C, Muzzy W, Tuerk P, Acierno R. “Do you expect me to receive PTSD care in a setting where most of the other patients remind me of the perpetrator?”: Home-based telemedicine to address barriers to care unique to military sexual trauma and veterans affairs hospitals. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2016, 48: 59-64. PMID: 26992740, PMCID: PMC4926870, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderHome-based telemedicineMilitary sexual traumaFemale veteransProlonged exposureMajority of patientsEvidence-based treatment deliveryVeterans Affairs hospitalEvidence-based therapiesVA Medical CenterSexual traumaTreat analysisPTSD careHBT groupMedical CenterSession attendanceTreatment centersProvider availabilityLife IndexStress disorderLife outcomesTraumaTreatment deliveryLow attritionPatients