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NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
Volume 139, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104717
Keywords
Prazosin; Image rehearsal therapy; Nightmare; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Network meta-analysis
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People?s Republic of China [2021ZD0201900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82120108002, 82170099, 82170100]
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This network meta-analysis compared the efficacy and acceptability of various interventions for trauma-related nightmares in adults. Prazosin and image rehearsal therapy were found to be effective interventions, while other interventions such as risperidone, paroxetine, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), and prolonged exposure did not show significantly greater efficacy. The rates of discontinuation were similar among interventions. These findings have important implications for future guidelines and clinical decision making.
This network meta-analysis compares the efficacy and acceptability of all published psychotherapeutic and pharmacological interventions for trauma-related nightmares (TRN) in adults. The analysis included data from 29 randomized clinical trials involving 14 psychotherapeutic and pharmacological interventions and involved 2214 trauma survivors. Prazosin and image rehearsal therapy (IRT) were found to be the two effective interventions for TRN. Other interventions such as risperidone, paroxetine, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), CBT-I+IRT, prolonged exposure (PE), and IRT+PE, did not show significantly greater efficacy compared with control conditions. The rates of all-cause discontinuations were comparable among majority of the interventions and did not show significant differences compared with control conditions. Prazosin and IRT should be considered as the initial choice of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions for TRN. The efficacy of other pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions remains to be demonstrated. Future guidelines and daily clinical decision making on the choice of interventions for TRN should consider these findings.
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