Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder

Figures & data

Figure 1. Patient flow chart.

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and a comorbid borderline personality disorder.

Variable	Total group N = 45 N (%)
Gender female (%)	39 (87.0)
Trauma exposure
Sexual abuse Sexual abuse < 12 years	42 (93.3) 32 (71.1)
Sexual abuse > 12 years	10 (22.2)
Physical abuse such as being attacked, punched of kicked	42 (93.3)
Witnessed sudden violent death such as murder of suicide	24 (53.3)
Comorbidity
Depression	29 (64.4)
Specific phobia	6 (13.3)
Generalised anxiety disorder	3 (6.7)
Obsessive compulsive disorder	8 (17.8)
Panic disorder	8 (17.8)
Agoraphobia	14 (31.1)
Social anxiety disorder	14 (31.1)
Alcohol dependency or abuse	8 (17.8)
Eating disorder	4 (8.9)
Bipolar disorder	4 (8.9)
Substance dependency or abuse	10 (22.2)
(hypo)mania	8 (17.8)
Psychotic disorders	13 (28.9)
	M (SD)
Age	41.10 (12.74)

Figure 2. Means of CAPS-5 scores over time at pre- (n = 45), post-treatment (n = 40), 6-month follow-up (n = 37) and 12-month follow-up (n = 26). CAPS-5 = Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale.

Table 2. CAPS-5 and BPDSI-IV scores at pre-treatment, post-treatment, 6-month follow-up and 12-month follow-up.

	Pre-treatment M (SD) n = 45	Post-treatment M (SD) n = 40	6-month follow-up M (SD) n = 37	12-month follow-up M (SD) n = 26	Cohen's d pre-post n = 40	Cohen's d pre- 6-month follow-up n = 37	Cohen's d pre- 12-month follow-up n = 26
CAPS-5	45.92 (5.86)	20.68 (15.79)	26.03 (17.59)	23.19 (16.11)	1.58	1.20	1.53
BPDSI-IV	34.58 (8.68)	25.74 (8.20)	22.37 (12.53)	18.85 (9.99)	0.98	1.01	1.36

Figure 3. Means of BPDSI-IV scores over time at pre- (n = 45), post-treatment (n = 40), 6-month follow-up (n = 37) and 12-month follow-up (n = 26). BPDSI-IV = Borderline Personality Disorder Symptom Index.

Data availability statement

Data available on request due to privacy/ethical restrictions. The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, AdJ. The data are not publicly available due to their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants. Furthermore, participants were not asked to give consent of saving their data in a public data repository.