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. 2013 Dec 13;2013(12):CD003388. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003388.pub4

Hinton 2011.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants 24 Latino women with treatment‐resistant PTSD
Interventions 14 weekly sessions of TFCBT (n = 12) vs applied muscle relaxation (n = 12)
Outcomes PTSD checklist, nervios scale, emotion regulation scale, SCL anxiety scale
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: There were no drop‐outs.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Comment: All specified outcomes were reported.
Other bias High risk Small sample size.
Participants continued medication and supportive therapy. Details were not reported.
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 Unclear risk Self‐report questionnaires were used, but not clear how they were administered