Predictors of inpatient PTSD treatment noncompletion among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans

Derek D Szafranski; Alexander M Talkovsky; Tannah E Little; Deleene S Menefee; Jill L Wanner; Daniel F Gros; Peter J. Norton

doi:10.1080/21635781.2016.1153536

Predictors of inpatient PTSD treatment noncompletion among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans

Derek D Szafranski, Alexander M Talkovsky, Tannah E Little, Deleene S Menefee, Jill L Wanner, Daniel F Gros, Peter J. Norton

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Abstract

Veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) display high rates of noncompletion from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment. The present study included 282 male OEF/OIF/OND veterans and examined predictors of noncompletion from inpatient evidence-based treatment (EBT) for PTSD. Logistic regression analyses identified younger age, higher military rank, less improvement in symptom reduction, less improvement in overall functioning, and greater concurrent drug use at admission as significant and unique predictors of noncompletion. Overall, these findings reveal clinically relevant predictors of noncompletion and provide information that may increase PTSD treatment completion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	269-275
Number of pages	7
Journal	Military Behavioral Health
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2016.1153536
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

post-traumatic stress disorder
PTSD
veterans
dropout
treatment noncompletion
inpatient
residential
evidence-based treatment
cognitive processing therapy
operation enduring freedom
operation Iraqi freedom
operation new dawn
military rank
substance use

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