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. 2015 Aug 20;11(3):535–556. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v11i3.923

Table 2. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria.

Inclusion Exclusion
  • Staff outcomes included skills relevant to psychological practice (e.g. communication, formulation)

  • Staff were adults

  • Peer-reviewed

  • Qualitative, mixed, or quantitative studies (e.g. reviews, trials, or RCTs)

  • If filtering was available, studies were listed under an educational/training heading

  • Patient outcomes

  • Articles in English, Polish, Greek, Punjabi, or Spanisha

  • Quantitative studies without comparison data (outcome pre- and/or post-intervention, or control group)

  • Insufficient description to replicate programme delivery (e.g. length of intervention, time between sessions, etc.)

  • Full text cannot be found

  • Papers written in a language not understood by the reviewers

  • Intervention was not delivered to healthcare staff

  • Studies on non-human subjects

  • Developmental studies (e.g. childhood or ageing studies)

  • Skills irrelevant to psychological practice in an adult mental healthcare setting were taught

aLanguages understood by reviewers.