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. 2010 Feb 3;2010:1005.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Proportion of people with PTSD

Systematic review
169 people
5 RCTs in this analysis
Proportion of people with diagnosis of PTSD
47/87 (54%) with EMDR
79/82 (96%) with waiting list control or usual care (combined analysis)

RR 0.51
95% CI 0.28 to 0.95
Small effect size EMDR

RCT
24 public transport workers with work-related chronic PTSD; people had been assaulted at work or had experienced a person-under-a-train accident Proportion of people no longer meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD
8/12 (67%) with EMDR (five sessions of 90 minutes' duration during a 2-month period)
1/9 (11%) with waiting list control

P = 0.02
Effect size not calculated EMDR