| Methods |
Randomised controlled trial |
| Participants |
42 police officers. DSM‐IIIR PTSD. Various workplace traumas (5 women, 37 men) in the Netherlands |
| Interventions |
16 x 60‐minute sessions of brief eclectic therapy (n = 22) vs wait list (n = 20) in parallel |
| Outcomes |
SI‐PTSD, SCL‐90 |
| Notes |
Experienced therapists delivered therapy. It is unclear whether or not treatment adherence was assessed. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Comment: The method of sequence generation was not reported. |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Comment: There is no mention of any measures taken to conceal allocation. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
Comment: ITT analyses were conducted. Only 1 participant dropped out, from the waitlist. A reason was given for this individual leaving the study. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
Comment: All specified outcomes were reported. |
| Other bias |
High risk |
Comment: The issue of researcher allegiance cannot be ruled out. |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Comment: Participants were aware of their allocation. |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
Quote: "All assessments were performed by one of three independent assessors". |
