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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Rev. 2012 Jun 30;32(6):566–574. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.06.002

Table 3. Six to 12 month follow-up assessment effect sizes, confidence intervals, and z-scores for nightmare frequency, sleep quality, and PTSD symptoms.

Study ES 95% CI z
Nightmare Frequency

Cook et al. (2010) 0.10 -0.15-0.35 0.79
Davis et al. (2011) 0.79 0.42-1.17 4.13
Davis & Wright (2007) 0.94 0.47-1.40 3.96
Forbes et al. (2003) 1.10 0.45-1.75 3.31
Krakow, Hollifield, et al. (2001) 1.07 0.77-1.36 7.15
Lu et al. (2009) 0.44 0.01-1.09 1.99
Combined 0.72 0.33-1.10 3.67

Sleep Quality

Cook et al. (2010) 0.26 -0.05-0.57 1.63
Davis et al. (2011) 0.88 0.44-1.31 3.91
Davis & Wright (2007) 1.20 0.63-1.78 4.09
Krakow, Hollifield, et al. (2001) 0.71 0.42-1.00 4.79
Lu et al. (2009) 0.17 -0.32-0.66 0.68
Combined 0.62 0.29-0.95 3.64

PTSD Symptoms

Davis et al. (2011) 1.01 0.59-1.42 4.71
Davis & Wright (2007) 0.82 0.39-1.25 3.72
Forbes et al. (2003) 0.80 0.26-1.33 2.91
Krakow, Hollifield, et al. (2001) 1.31 0.98-1.64 7.79
Lu et al. (2009) 0.58 0.14-1.03 2.60
Combined 0.93 0.66-1.20 6.82

Note. Individual study effect sizes are standardized and unweighted. Combined values are based on random effects models for within-treatment group effects. ES = effect size; CI = confidence interval; z = z-score.