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. 2017 Jun 1;85(8):783–802. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000214
Author & year 1.1 question 1.2 random 3 concealment 4 double-blind 5 similar group 6 controlled 7 standard outcome measure 8 attrition rate 9 ITT (Intention-to-Treat analysis) 10 multiple site equiv. 2.1 overall
Note. Full description of quality checklist questions can be found in Appendix B. Abbreviations: equiv. = equivalent; sig. = significant; expr = experimental. Key for rating: 1 = Well covered; 2 = Adequately addressed; 3 = Poorly addressed; N/A = Not addressed/not applicable; ++ = all or most of the criteria fulfilled (unfulfilled criteria very unlikely to alter conclusions of study); + = some of the criteria fulfilled (unfulfilled criteria unlikely to alter conclusions of study).
Abrams & Siegal (1), 1978 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 27% 1 1 +
Abrams & Siegal (2), 1978 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 17% 1 1 +
Ahrens & Rexford, 2002 1 1 N/A N/A 2 1 1 0% (not explicitly stated) 1 1 +
Biggam & Power, 2002 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 41% 1 1 +
Bilderbeck, 2013 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 31% N/A 1 +
Bradley & Follingstad, 2003 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 37% 1 1 +
Chandiramani, 1995 1 2 N/A N/A 2–more illiterate in experimental group 2 1 0% (not explicitly stated) 1 1 +
Chen, 2015 1 1 1 N/A 1 1 1 8% 1 1 +
Cole, 2007 1 1 N/A N/A 1 3–higher baselines in expr (effect on small sample size) 1 31% 1 1 +
Ford, 2013 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10% 2 1 ++
Gold, 2014 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 39% 1 1 +
Gussak (1), 2009 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 48% N/A 1 +
Gussak (2), 2009 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 24% N/A 1 +
Gussak, 2007a 1 1 2 2 3–at beginning of experiment: BDI score higher in expr group) 3 1 41% 1 1 +
Hilkey et al., 1982 1 1 N/A 2 2 1 1 0% 1 1 +
Johnson & Zlotnick, 2012 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11% 1 1 ++
Khodayarifard (1), 2010 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 28% N/A 1 +
Khodayarifard (2), 2010 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 27% N/A 1 +
Loper & Tuerk, 2011 1 1 N/A N/A 1 2 1 18% 1 1 +
Maunder, 2009 1 1 1 1–blind researcher 1 1 1 50% 1 1–pilot study +
Messina, 2010 1 1 1 N/A 1 1 1 18% 1 1 ++
Mitchell, 2011 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5% 1 1 ++
Pardini (1), 2014 1 1 1 N/A 1 1 1 38% 1 1–pilot study +
Pardini (2), 2014 1 1 1 1–blind researcher 1 1 1 17% 1 1 ++
Perkins, 1998 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 10%: 15 drop out; other attrition due to transfers, WRIT, release N/A 1 +
Richards, 2000 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 7% N/A 1 +
Rohde, 2004 1 1 N/A N/A 2 2 1 0% 1 1 +
Sleed, 2013 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 29% 1 1 ++
Sumter, 2009 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 3 0% (not explicitly stated) 1 1 +
Valentine & Smith, 2001 1 1 2 N/A 1 1 1 17% 1 1 ++
Villagra Lanza (1), 2014 1 1 N/A N 2 2 1 19% at follow-up; 0% at post-test 1 1 +
Villagra Lanza (2), 2014 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 3% 1 1 +
Wilson, 1990 1 1 2 N/A–same therapist for all conditions 1 1 1 0% 1 1 +
Wolff (1), 2015 1 2–random & preference groups; no sig. difference between two groups N/A N/A 1 2 1 13% 1 1 +
Wolff (2), 2015 1 2–random & preference groups; no sig. difference between two groups N/A N/A 1 2 1 10% 1 1 +
Zlotnick, 2002 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 0% N/A 1 +
Zlotnick, 2009 1 1 N/A N/A 1 1 1 10% 1 1 +