Poor Quality in Systematic Reviews on PTSD and EMDR – An Examination of Search Methodology and Reporting

Opheim, Elin; Andersen, P.; Jakobsen, Marianne Antonius; Aasen, Bjørn; Kvaal, Kari

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01558

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“…Opheim et al (2019) criticized many systematic reviews on EMDR and PTSD due to their searching strategies, lack of detailed reporting of the review process and not following review guidelines. Therefore, we attempted to provide as much information as possible by following the PRISMA guidelines.…”

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Group eye movement desensitization and reprocessing interventions in adults and children: A systematic review of randomized and nonrandomized trials

Kaptan

Özen-Dursun

Knowles

et al. 2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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This review systematically synthesized existing literature on group protocols of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for treating a range of mental health difficulties in adults and children. We conducted database searches on PsychINFO, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library and Francine Shapiro Library up to May 2020, using PRISMA guidelines. Studies were included if they used at least one standardized outcome measure, if they present a quantitative data on the effect of group EMDR protocols on mental health difficulties and if they were published in English. Twenty‐two studies with 1739 participants were included. Thirteen studies examined EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (IGTP), four studies examined EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (G‐TEP), four studies EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress and one study considered EMDR Group Protocol with Children. Of the 22 studies included, 12 were one‐arm trials and 10 were two‐arm trials. We assessed risk of bias using a revised Tool to Assess Risk of Bias in Randomized Trials (ROB 2) and Risk of Bias in Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions (ROBINS‐I). Overall, the results suggested that Group EMDR protocols might be an effective tool in improving a wide range of mental health‐related outcomes including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety. However, the included studies are limited to methodological challenges. The limitations and future directions are discussed.

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Group eye movement desensitization and reprocessing interventions in adults and children: A systematic review of randomized and nonrandomized trials

Kaptan

Özen-Dursun

Knowles

et al. 2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…Retrieval lies at the core of SWSRs. An experienced and qualified researcher is key to the search, with incompleteness of the searcher’s information report not being conducive to the literature acquirer nor to obtaining research information [16]. Research information (item 9) relates to comprehensively searching the relevant literature, including electronic databases, manual search documents, and grey documents.…”

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The collaboration and reporting quality of social welfare systematic reviews in the Campbell Collaboration online library

Wei

Zhang

Yang

et al. 2019

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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BackgroundTo analyze the collaboration and reporting quality of the systematic reviews of social welfare in the Campbell collaboration online library.MethodsThe Campbell collaboration online library was searched for systematic reviews of social welfare and the basic information extracted in order to assess the reporting quality of systematic reviews using a MOOSE checklist. BICOMS-2 and UCINET software were used to produce the social network, and Comprehensive Meta Analysis (Version 2) and STATA 13.0 were used to analyze the related data.ResultsFifty-seven systematic reviews of social welfare were included. Twenty-eight items of the included social welfare systematic reviews were rated as complete (≥70%). There were significant differences between ≤2013 and ≥ 2014 in five items. These differences were as follows: research published by one organization or more than one organization in one item, more than three authors or less than four authors in two items, and one country or more than one country in six items. It’s completed about researches with more than one organization, three authors or more than one country. Some items were found to have a low reporting rate of studies published before 2014, by one organization, with less than four authors or one country, respectively. The social network of authors and organizations showed good collaboration.ConclusionsSome items could be further improved with regard to the rate of reporting systematic reviews of social welfare in the Campbell collaboration online library. This could improve the overall quality of social welfare systematic reviews.

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“…Furthermore, a follow-up comprehensive hand search was carried out to enable us to capture grey literature, including thesis and dissertation works. Our exhaustive and rigorous search of literature helped to reduce the risk of leaving out important studies that could affect the quality of our meta-analysis conclusions [26]. Also, to ensure replicability, the same key terms were used across all the databases, including "post-traumatic stress disorder � ", "post-Ebola syndrome � ", PTSD, Ebola, "Ebola Virus � ", "Ebola disease � ", "Ebola hemorrhagic fever", survivor, "Ebola survivor � ", Africa � .…”

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Assessing anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms among Ebola survivors in Africa: A meta-analysis

2021

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Background During health disaster events such as the current devastating havoc being inflicted on countries globally by the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, mental health problems among survivors and frontline workers are likely concerns. However, during such health disaster events, stakeholders tend to give more precedence to the socio-economic and biomedical health consequences at the expense of mental health. Meanwhile, studies show that regardless of the kind of disaster/antecedent, all traumatic events trigger similar post-traumatic stress symptoms among survivors, families, and frontline workers. Thus, our study investigated the prevalence of anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms among survivors of the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease that plagued the West African sub-region. Methods We systematically retrieved peer-reviewed articles published between 1970 and 2019 from seven electronic databases, including Google Scholar, MEDLINE, PsychInfo, PubMed, Scopus, Springer Link, Web of Science on Ebola and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. A comprehensive hand search complemented this literature search. Of the 87 articles retrieved, only 13 met the inclusion criteria for this meta-analysis. Results After heterogeneity, influence, and publication bias analysis, our meta-analysis pooled proportion effects estimates showed a moderate to a high prevalence of anxiety (14%; 99% CI: 0.05–0.30), depression (15%; 99% CI: 0.11–0.21), and insomnia (22%; 99% CI: 0.13–0.36). Effect estimates ranging from (0.13; 99% CI: 0.05, 0.28) through to (0.11; 99% CI: 0.05–0.22), (0.15; 99% CI: 0.09–0.25) through to (0.13; 99% CI: 0.08–0.21) and (0.23; 99% CI: 0.11–0.41) to (0.23; 99% CI: 0.11–0.41) were respectively reported for anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms. These findings suggest a significant amount of EVD survivors are struggling with anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms. Conclusion Our study provided the first-ever meta-analysis evidence of anxiety, depression, and insomnia symptoms among EVD survivors, and suggest that the predominant biomedical health response to regional and global health disasters should be complemented with trauma-related mental health services.

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Poor Quality in Systematic Reviews on PTSD and EMDR – An Examination of Search Methodology and Reporting

Cited by 16 publications

References 47 publications

Group eye movement desensitization and reprocessing interventions in adults and children: A systematic review of randomized and nonrandomized trials

Group eye movement desensitization and reprocessing interventions in adults and children: A systematic review of randomized and nonrandomized trials

The collaboration and reporting quality of social welfare systematic reviews in the Campbell Collaboration online library

Assessing anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms among Ebola survivors in Africa: A meta-analysis

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