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. 2002 Apr 22;2002(2):CD000560. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000560

Dolan.

Methods Randomisation: 
 Allocation concealment: 
 Unclear 
 Exclusion after randomisation:
Participants Setting: Hospital trauma clinic 
 Inclusion: those presenting with life‐threatening or near life‐threatening experiences e.g. RTA, assault, housefirem industrial accident. 
 Exclusions: serious head injury, those too unwell to co‐operate, those with no memory of the trauma. Those injured through sports injury, self‐harm, DIY, fights or heavy alcohol intoxication at the time.
Interventions Comparison: 
 Psychological Debriefing (Mitchell/Dyregrov model) versus initial assessment
Outcomes GHQ‐28 
 HADS 
 IES 
 The Neo‐5 Factor Personality Questionnaire 
 The Defence Style Personality Questionnaire 
 The Mast 
 Abbreviated Injury Scale and the Injury Severity Score
Notes Unclear assessor blind to intervention: 
 Intervention standardised
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear