| Methods |
Randomised controlled trial |
| Participants |
36 various traumas. 78% DSM‐IIIR PTSD. (23 women, 13 men) in Australia |
| Interventions |
3 ‐ 5 50‐minute sessions of image habituation training (n = 13), EMDR (n = 12) or applied muscular relaxation (n = 11) (all interventions included in meta‐analyses). |
| Outcomes |
PTSD structured interview, IES, STAI, BDI |
| Notes |
Therapist credentials/experience is not reported. 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 random sequence generation was not reported. |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Quote: "After assessment each subject was randomly assigned to a treatment group and also to a wait list or non‐waitlist group. The procedure resulted in unequal numbers of subjects in the treatment groups ‐12 in EMD, 13 in IHT and 11 in AMR." |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
Comment: No drop‐outs. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
Comment: All specified outcomes were reported. |
| Other bias |
Low risk |
Comment: no other sources of bias detected. |
| 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: "As a check of the independent rater’s blindness as to patients’ treatment categories, the rater was asked to guess the category post‐treatment but was unable to do this better than by chance (x2 = 3.72, P = ns)." |
