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"We really need this": Trauma-informed yoga for Veteran women with a history of military sexual trauma

dc.contributor.authorBraun, Tosca D.
dc.contributor.authorUebelacker, Lisa A.
dc.contributor.authorWard, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorHolzhauer, Cathryn Glanton
dc.contributor.authorMcCallister, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorAbrantes, Ana
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:00.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T16:51:44Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T16:51:44Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-01
dc.date.submitted2021-09-02
dc.identifier.citation<p>Braun TD, Uebelacker LA, Ward M, Holzhauer CG, McCallister K, Abrantes A. "We really need this": Trauma-informed yoga for Veteran women with a history of military sexual trauma. Complement Ther Med. 2021 Jun;59:102729. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102729. Epub 2021 May 6. PMID: 33965560. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102729">Link to article on publisher's site</a>.</p>
dc.identifier.issn0965-2299 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102729
dc.identifier.pmid33965560
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/41916
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: Up to 70% of women service members in the United States report military sexual trauma (MST); many develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and co-occurring disorders. Trauma-informed yoga (TIY) is suggested to improve psychiatric symptoms and shown feasible and acceptable in emerging research, yet no work has evaluated TIY in MST survivors. The current quality improvement project aimed to examine TIY's feasibility, acceptability, and perceived effects in the context of MST. DESIGN: Collective case series (N = 7). SETTING: New England Vet Center. INTERVENTIONS: Extant TIY program (Mindful Yoga Therapy) adapted for Veteran women with MST in concurrent psychotherapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Attrition and attendance; qualitative exit interview; validated self-report measure of negative affect pre/post each yoga class, and symptom severity assessments and surveys before (T1; Time 1) and after the yoga program (T2; Time 2). RESULTS: Feasibility was demonstrated and women reported TIY was acceptable. In qualitative interviews, women reported improved symptom severity, diet, exercise, alcohol use, sleep, and pain; reduced medication use; and themes related to stress reduction, mindfulness, and self-compassion. Regarding quantitative change, results suggest acute reductions in negative affect following yoga sessions across participants, as well as improved affect dysregulation, shame, and mindfulness T1 to T2. CONCLUSIONS: TIY is both feasible and acceptable to Veteran women MST survivors in one specific Vet Center, with perceived behavioral health benefits. Results suggest TIY may target psychosocial mechanisms implicated in health behavior change (stress reduction, mindfulness, affect regulation, shame). Formal research should be conducted to confirm these QI project results.
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dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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dc.subjectMilitary sexual trauma
dc.subjectMindfulness
dc.subjectPTSD
dc.subjectVeterans
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectYoga
dc.subjectAlternative and Complementary Medicine
dc.subjectDomestic and Intimate Partner Violence
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectMilitary and Veterans Studies
dc.subjectMovement and Mind-Body Therapies
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectWomen's Health
dc.title"We really need this": Trauma-informed yoga for Veteran women with a history of military sexual trauma
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleComplementary therapies in medicine
dc.source.volume59
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5755&amp;context=oapubs&amp;unstamped=1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/4722
dc.identifier.contextkey24636121
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-23T16:51:44Z
html.description.abstract<p>OBJECTIVES: Up to 70% of women service members in the United States report military sexual trauma (MST); many develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and co-occurring disorders. Trauma-informed yoga (TIY) is suggested to improve psychiatric symptoms and shown feasible and acceptable in emerging research, yet no work has evaluated TIY in MST survivors. The current quality improvement project aimed to examine TIY's feasibility, acceptability, and perceived effects in the context of MST.</p> <p>DESIGN: Collective case series (N = 7).</p> <p>SETTING: New England Vet Center.</p> <p>INTERVENTIONS: Extant TIY program (Mindful Yoga Therapy) adapted for Veteran women with MST in concurrent psychotherapy.</p> <p>MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Attrition and attendance; qualitative exit interview; validated self-report measure of negative affect pre/post each yoga class, and symptom severity assessments and surveys before (T1; Time 1) and after the yoga program (T2; Time 2).</p> <p>RESULTS: Feasibility was demonstrated and women reported TIY was acceptable. In qualitative interviews, women reported improved symptom severity, diet, exercise, alcohol use, sleep, and pain; reduced medication use; and themes related to stress reduction, mindfulness, and self-compassion. Regarding quantitative change, results suggest acute reductions in negative affect following yoga sessions across participants, as well as improved affect dysregulation, shame, and mindfulness T1 to T2.</p> <p>CONCLUSIONS: TIY is both feasible and acceptable to Veteran women MST survivors in one specific Vet Center, with perceived behavioral health benefits. Results suggest TIY may target psychosocial mechanisms implicated in health behavior change (stress reduction, mindfulness, affect regulation, shame). Formal research should be conducted to confirm these QI project results.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathoapubs/4722
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry
dc.source.pages102729


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