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Andrew Bates1,2, David S Baldwin1,3,4, Natalie Pattison5,6
1Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Objectives:
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), a psychological intervention programme, on symptoms related to traumatic stress in survivors of life-threatening medical events.
Secondary Objectives:
to evaluate whether the effects of EMDR differ according to the nature of the medical event (associated diagnosis or setting), measured outcome (post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, or quality of life), or intervention (online, face-to-face, group or individual sessions).
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