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

ABSTRACT:

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.

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; va

SUBMITTER: Braun TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8493766 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature