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. 2012 Dec 12;2012(12):CD001760. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001760.pub2

Jarrousse 1986.

Methods Design: quasi‐randomised controlled trial 
 Allocation method: alternation 
 Blinding: not stated
Participants Diagnosis: vaginismus (primary or secondary not reported) 
 Criteria: not stated 
 Setting: outpatient clinic 
 Number: not stated 
 Age: not stated 
 Duration of vaginismus: not stated
Interventions Intervention 1: systematic desensitisation 
 Number of sessions: up to 20 sessions 
 Duration of sessions: 45 minutes 
 Therapist level: not stated 
 Adjunctive interventions: not stated
Intervention 2: flooding 
 Number of sessions: not stated 
 Duration of sessions: 30 to 120 minutes 
 Therapist level: not stated 
 Adjunctive interventions: not stated
Intervention 3: waiting list 
 Number of sessions: NA 
 Duration of sessions: NA 
 Therapist level: NA 
 Adjunctive interventions: not stated
Outcomes Not stated
Notes No data available 
 Each flooding session would be finished when anxiety was resolved
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk Alternation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk No outcome data reported
Other bias Unclear risk Not reported