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

Lee 2002.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants 24 DSM‐IV PTSD sufferers. Various traumas (11 women, 13 men) in Australia.
Interventions 7 weekly 90‐minute sessions of stress inoculation training with prolonged exposure (n = 12) vs EMDR (n = 12)
Outcomes SI‐PTSD, IES, BDI
Notes Experienced therapists delivered therapy and treatment adherence was assessed.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "There was random assignment to all conditions and multiple therapists were used to deliver each of the treatments."
Comment: The method of random 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 Quote: "treatment non‐completers were included in the analysis".
Comment: 3 participants dropped out from treatment, 1 from EMDR and one from stress management. It is unclear what group the third drop‐out was in. Reasons for drop‐out were not fully reported.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk  Comment: All specified outcomes were reported.
Other bias High risk Comment: Small sample size.
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: "assessments by a blind independent observer".