Outcomes from a pilot study to evaluate Phase 1 of a two-phase approach to treat women with complex trauma histories

Figures & data

Figure 1. Steps involved in interpretative phenomenological analysis (McCormack & Joseph, 2018).

Table 1. Participant total scores on measures administered during Phase 1 of the women’s trauma recovery program.

Participant	DASS-21			DERS-SF			PCL-C
	Baseline	Week 10	Change	Baseline	Week 10	Change	Baseline	Week 10	Change
Rowena^†	39	23	−16	52	40	−12	63	48	−15^‡
Andrea^†	31	21	−10	51	39	−12	50	36	−14^‡
Zoe^†	15	9	−6	37	35	−2	37	33	−4
Laura^†	52	19	−33	-	57	-	64	61	−3
Evelyn^†	39	10	−29	54	44	−10	52	40	−12^‡
Chantal^†	37	10	−27	52	56	4	62	58	−4
Ida	43	8	−35	67	39	−28	60	33	−27^‡
Nikola	41	38	−3	67	54	−13	60	63	3
Jayne	16	4	−12	41	41	0	25	19	−6
Maisha	25	-	-	46	-	-	57	-	-
Alayna	48	-	-	66	-	-	73	-	-

DASS-21 = Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, DERS-SF = Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Short Form, PCL-C = Posttraumatic Stress Check List – Civilian Version. Pseudonyms have been used to protect participant confidentiality.

^†Participants who provided qualitative data.

^‡Participants who no longer met a probable PTSD diagnosis at baseline. Cut-off scores have not been published for the DASS-21 total, thus have not been indicated in the above table.

McCormack, L., & Joseph, S. (2018). PHENOMENA: A 9-step guide to avoiding pitfalls when doing interpretative phenomenological analysis (ipa)—ipa and the “lived” experience of complex trauma. SAGE Research Methods Cases. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526429681

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Data availability statement

Due to the nature of this research, participants of this study did not agree for their data to be shared publicly, thus supporting data is not available.