Table 2 Study characteristics of primary studies
Study | Objective | Study Details | Study sample | Ethnicity or country of origin (n) | Trauma type (n) | Data Collection (Analysis) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Country | Dropout | Size | Age | Gender (male) | |||||
Shearing et al. [53*] | Explore participants experience of reliving as part of TF-CBT | PE & CPT | UK | NR | N = 7 | Range 20–50 | 14.3% | British (6), afro-Caribbean British (3) | Physical and sexual assault; road traffic accidents; other (NS) | Interview using topic guide (IPA) |
Vincent et al. [54*] | Explore asylum-seekers experience of TF-CBT and its acceptability | Imaginal reliving and/or Adapted testimony | UK | NR | N = 7 | M = 29 (SD = 7.5) | 14.3% | Sudan (2), Zimbabwe (1), Afghanistan (1), Burundi (2), Iraq (1) | Physical assault (2), threats (1) and torture (1); sexual assault (3) witnessed others or family members harmed, killed, or captured (4), raped (2), torture (1), war (1), found child murdered (1), imprisonment (1) | Semi-structured interview (IPA) |
Lowe and Murray [55*] | Understand aspects of TF-CBT that service users perceive as most useful | TF-CBT | UK | NR | N = 9 | M = 53 (SD = 10.6) | 44% | NS | NS | Semi-structured interview (IPA) |
Murray et al. [56*] | Explore how site-visits, as part of TF-CBT, are experienced | TF-CBT | UK | NR | N = 25 | M = 40.76 (Range 28–65) | 73.9% | White British (15), Black British (4) South Asian (3), Middle-Eastern (1), white background (2) | Physical assaults (8), accidents (5), medical traumas (5), military trauma (2), witnessing a murder (2), domestic abuse (1), rape (1) and acts of terrorism (1) | Questionnaire with free text items (GT) |
Hundt et al. [57*] | Understand veterans’ experiences of PE & CPT | PE & CPT | USA | NR | N = 23 | M = 53.74 (SD = 12.2) | 73.9% | Non-Hispanic white (8); African American (10); Native American (1); Asian (2) | NS | Interview using guide (GT) |
Hundt et al. [58*] | Examine veterans’ experiences & reasons for dropping out of PE or CPT | PE & CPT | USA | 100% | N = 28 | M = 45.32 (SD = 15.2) | 60.7% | Non-Hispanic white (7); African American (17); Hispanic Latino (4) | Combat (8); military sexual trauma (7); other military trauma (8); non-military trauma (5) | Qualitative interview (GT) |
Boterhoven de Haan et al. [59*] | Explore patients’ and therapists’ experiences with TFT in patients with childhood trauma | ImRe or EMDR | Australia, Germany & Netherlands | NR | N = 13 | M = 40 (SD = 12.2) | 27.3% | Australian (12), German (25), Dutch (7) | Childhood trauma: sexual abuse/assault (23); physical abuse (13); other (8) | Semi-structured interview (TA) |
Doran et al. [60*] | Understand veterans’ experiences with receiving PE and CPT in VA | CPT & PE | UK | 44% | N = 18 | M = 47.11 (SD = 15.3) | 77.8% | Caucasian (10); African American (5); Hispanic/Latino (3) | Military trauma; non-military, sexual trauma; acts of war/perpetration; non-military, childhood abuse; other (NS) | Structured interview w. open-ended question (QCR) |
Eastwood et al. [38*] | Explore young people’s experience of TF-CBT | TF-CBT | Australia | 26% | N = 13 | M = 20.0 (SD = 2.6) | 30.8% | Australian (10); Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (1); Outside of Australia (3) | Physical assault (11); sexual assault (10); uncomfortable sexual experience (9); assault with a weapon (5) | Semi-structured interview (IPA) |