Table 1.
Individual effects of studies that applied trauma-focused therapies.
| Variable | Study | Therapy | n | d | CI 95% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper limit | Lower limit | |||||
| Pain | Hsu et al.41 | ASA versus TAU | 45 | − 1.20 | − 1.84 | − 0.57 |
| Gillis et al.40 | WED versus NW | 69 | 0.75 | 0.26 | 1.24 | |
| Lumley et al.43 | EAET versus P-CBT | 154 | − 1.02 | − 1.36 | − 0.68 | |
| Ziadni et al.49 | EAET-I versus TAU | 75 | − 2.35 | − 2.95 | − 1.74 | |
| Carty et al.39 | EAET-I versus TAU | 62 | − 3.45 | − 4.24 | − 2.66 | |
| Yarns et al.48 | EAET versus P-CBT | 53 | − 1.95 | − 2.60 | − 1.29 | |
| Hasha et al.36 | TRT versus WL | 76 | 0.00 | − 0.45 | 0.45 | |
| Emotional distress | Slavin-Spenny et al.46 | AAET versus RT | 98 | 1.05 | 0.63 | 1.47 |
| Thakur et al.47 | EAET versus RT | 72 | 0.52 | 0.05 | 0.99 | |
| Ziadni et al.49 | EAET-I versus TAU | 75 | − 3.02 | − 3.70 | − 2.34 | |
| Carty et al.39 | EAET-I versus TAU | 62 | − 2.41 | − 3.07 | − 1.74 | |
AAET anger awareness and expression training, ASA affective self-awareness, EAET emotional awareness and expression therapy, EAET-I emotional awareness and expression interview, NW neutral writing, P-CBT pain-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy, RT relaxation training, TAU treatment as usual, TRT teaching recovery techniques, WED written emotional disclosure, WL waitlist control group.