Zukerman 2005.

Methods	Design: randomised controlled trial Allocation method: not stated Blinding: not stated
Participants	Diagnosis: vaginismus (primary or secondary not reported) Criteria: not stated Setting: outpatient Number: 65 Age: control group 25.3 years, SD = 3.8, experimental group 25.2 years, SD = 3.5 Duration of vaginismus: control group range 6 to 144 months, experimental group range 6 to 108 months
Interventions	Intervention 1: systematic desensitisation Number of sessions: until symptoms abated Duration of sessions: not stated Therapist level: not stated Adjunctive interventions: not stated Intervention 2: systematic desensitisation + pelvic floor exercises + relaxation Number of sessions: until symptoms abated Duration of sessions: not stated Therapist level: not stated Adjunctive interventions: not stated
Outcomes	Drop‐outs
Notes
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	5 women dropped out of the study after the first or second meeting, 2 from the intervention arm and 3 from the control. Analysis was per protocol (no ITT analysis undertaken).
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Outcome data provided for all stated outcomes but we have no access to study protocols so cannot be certain other outcomes were not assessed
Other bias	High risk	Participants kept in treatment until symptoms abated

DSM‐III‐R: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III ‐ revision 
 DSM‐IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV 
 ITT: intention‐to‐treat 
 LOCF: last observation carried forward 
 NA: not applicable 
 SD: standard deviation