Table 3.
Narrative exposure studies
| Author | Year | Sample | Sample size | # Sessions/mins of treatment |
PTSD outcome measure |
% Dropout | Mean (SD) | Effect size (Hedge’s g) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post/follow-up | Within | Between | |||||||
| Bichescu et al. |
2007 | Full PTSD |
N = 18 NET n = 9 PED n = 9 |
5 sessions of 120 min |
CIDI | NET = 0% PED = 0% |
NET = 11.8 (1.6) PED = 11.4 (3.0) |
NET = 5.4 (1.3) PED = 9.9 (4.1) |
4.39 .42 |
1.41 |
| Catani et al. | 2009 | Full PTSD |
N = 31 KIDNET n = 16 MED-RELAX n = 15 |
6 sessions of 60–90 min |
UPID | KIDNET = 0% MED- RELAX = 0% |
KIDNET = 37.94 (14.8) MED- RELAX = 36.58 (14.9) |
KIDNET = 12.41 (14.15) MED- RELAX = 12.59 (11.06) |
1.76 1.83 |
.01 |
| Ertl et al. | 2011 | Full PTSD |
N = 85 NET n = 29 Academic catch- up + SC n = 28 WL n = 28 |
8 sessions of 90–120 min |
CAPS | NET = 0% Academic catch- up + SC = 0% WL = 0% |
NET = 67.03 (14.74) Academic catch- up + SC = 62.54 (13.87) WL = 63.61 (16.42) |
NET = 46.73 (19.24) Academic catch- up + SC = 45.67 (21.53) WL = 52.93 (20.83) |
1.19 .93 .57 |
NET vs. Academic catch-up + SC= .05 NET vs. WL = .31 |
| Halvorsen and Stenmark |
2010 | Full PTSD |
N = 16 | 10 sessions of 90 min |
CAPS | NET = 0 % | NET = 84.81 (13.85) | NET = 67.5 (30.52) | .73 | N/A |
| Hensel- Dittmann et al. |
2011 | Full PTSD |
N = 28 NET n = 15 SIT n = 13 |
10 sessions of 90 min |
CAPS | NET = 20 % SIT = 15 % |
NET = 96.47 (15.89) SIT = 85.15 (12.95) |
NET = 76.73 (26.19) SIT = 82.60 (18.80) |
.91 .16 |
.25 |
| Hijazi et al. | 2014 | Probable PTSD |
N = 63 NET n = 41 WL n = 22 |
3 sessions of 60–90 min |
PTGI | NET = 5% WL = 0% |
NET = 45.78 (23.85) WL = 47.68 (22.66) |
NET = 51.22 (25.40) WL = 41.86 (21.73) |
.22 .26 |
.38 |
| Neuner et al. | 2010 | Full PTSD |
N = 32 NET n = 16 TAU n = 16 |
Median 9 sessions of 120 min |
PDS | NET = 13 % TAU = 0% |
NET = 38.9 (6.4) TAU = 36.9 (8.0) |
NET = 26.0 (9.2) TAU = 34.1 (6.1) |
1.63 .39 |
1.01 |
| Neuner et al. | 2008 | Full PTSD |
N = 277 NET n = 111 TC n = 111 MG n = 55 |
6 sessions of 60–120 min |
PDS | NET = 4% TC = 20 % MG = 0% |
NET = 25.9 (13.2) TC = 26.7 (12.5) MG = 21.3 (10.6) |
NET = 5.4 (6.6) TC = 5.3 (5.7) MG = 10.1 (8.1)b |
1.96 2.2 1.19b |
NET vs. TC = .02 NET vs. MG = .55b |
| Neuner et al. | 2004 | Full PTSD |
N = 43 NET n = 17 SC n = 14 PED n = 12 |
4 sessions of 90 min |
PDS | NET = 0% SC = 14 % PED = 0% |
NET = 25.2 (7.4) SC = 22.0 (8.0) PED = 19.5 (8.0) |
NET = 19.1 (11.7) SC = 19.8 (10.9) PED = 21.2 (9.4) |
.62 .23 .19 |
NET vs SC = .06 NET vs PED = .20 |
| Onyut et al. | 2005 | Full PTSD |
N = 6 | 4–6 sessions of 60–120 min |
CIDI | KIDNET = 0 % | KIDNET = 14.3 (1.9) | KIDNET = 9.0 (2.2) | 2.57 | N/A |
| Pabst et al. | 2014 | Full PTSD |
N = 22 NET n = 11 TBE = 11 |
Mean 17 sessions of 90 min |
PDS | NET = 18 % TBE = 27 % |
NET = 36.7 (5.9) TBE = 36.9 (5.9) |
NET = 29.0 (9.2) TBE = 27.8 (13.8) |
.99 .86 |
.10 |
| Ruf et al. | 2010 | Full PTSD |
N = 26 KIDNET = 13 WL = 13 |
Mean 8 sessions of 90–120 min |
UPID | KIDNET = 8% WL = 0% |
KIDNET = 43.3 (12.3) WL = 38.3 (8.6) |
KIDNET = 22.3 (18.6) WL = 33.8 (17.4)b |
1.34 .33 |
.62b |
| Schaal et al. | 2009 | Full PTSD |
N = 26 NET n = 12 IPT n = 14 |
4 sessions; at least one session 120–150 min |
CAPS | NET = 0% IPT = 0% |
NET = 67.17 (20.10) IPT = 66.00 (14.10) |
NET = 50.25 (19.20) IPT = 54.93 (15.60) |
.86a .74a |
.26a |
| Stenmark et al. |
2013 | Full PTSD |
N = 81 NET n = 51 TAU n = 30 |
10 sessions of 90 min |
CAPS | NET = 36 % TAU = 30 % |
NET = 83.72 (15.51) TAU = 83.67 (16.52) |
NET = 56.76 (25.87) TAU = 71.45 (24.77) |
1.31a .59a |
.57a |
| Zang et al. | 2013 | Full PTSD |
N = 22 NET = 11 WL = 11 |
4 sessions of 60–90 min |
IES-R (Intrusion) |
NET = 0% WL = 0% |
NET = 16.91 (6.88) WL = 17.36 (3.17) |
NET = 8.73 (4.56) WL = 16.00 (4.29) |
1.40 .36 |
1.58 |
NET narrative exposure therapy, PED psychoeducation, CIDI composite international diagnostic interview, KIDNET narrative exposure therapy for children, MED-RELAX meditation-relaxation, UPID UCLES PTSD index, CAPS clinician administered PTSD scale, SC supportive counseling, SIT stress inoculation training, WL waitlist, PTGI posttraumatic growth inventory, TAU treatment as usual, TBE treatment by experts for borderline personality disorder, PDS posttraumatic diagnostic scale, TC trauma counseling, MG no-treatment monitoring group, IPT interpersonal psychotherapy
a
Effect size based on completer data because ITT was not reported
b
Data from 6 months follow-up assessment