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. 2016 Oct 11;2016(10):CD012371. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012371

Jaberghaderi 2004.

Methods Randomised trial of EMDR vs CBT
Participants Included (n = 16)
Sixth grade girls 12 to 13 years of age from an urban school in Iran who reported contact sexual abuse occurring ≥ 6 months previously
Excluded
Girls subjected to ongoing abuse
Setting
University clinic, Iran
Interventions CBT (n = 8)
Sessions focused on skill development and exposure and were limited to 45 minutes, with a maximum 12 and a minimum 10 sessions. Treatment was terminated earlier if the Subjective Units of Distress score was between 0 and 2 and abuse‐related anxiety symptoms were 25% or less. Homework followed all sessions (a total of 10 to 15 hours) and included checklists, drawings and listening to tapes of the exposure narrative. Parents attended a psychoeducation session within the first 2 weeks
EMDR (n = 8)
Focus on the identified trauma memory was not as strict as with the CBT group. The EMDR therapist was allowed to treat spontaneous trauma memories that arose during work with the index trauma but was not allowed to systematically work through all trauma memories. The maximum 12 sessions (with no minimum) were limited to 45 minutes each, but most lasted approximately 30 minutes. Homework was minimal and was limited to drawing a ‘safe place’ on 1 occasion. Treatment was terminated earlier if the Subjective Units of Distress score was 0 to 2 and positive self statements were 6 or 7 on a 7‐point scale related to the abuse. Parents attended a psychoeducation session within the first 2 weeks
Therapists
Each treatment was manualised. Therapists were clinical psychologists experienced in working with children and trained in the respective therapies
Outcomes PTSD symptoms
Scale: Child Report of Post‐Traumatic Symptoms (26‐item)
Rater: child
Scale: Parent Report of Post‐Traumatic Symptoms (32‐item)
Rater: parent
When
Post therapy
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Randomised by picking names out of a hat
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of participants (performance bias Unclear risk Blinding was not possible, but both groups received a psychological therapy
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Child‐ and parent‐reported outcomes were used
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Completer analysis reported. Loss to follow‐up: 13%
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes appear to have been reported
Other bias Low risk No other bias was apparent