Table 1 Individual effects of studies that applied trauma-focused therapies.

From: Psychological intervention in patients with central sensitization syndromes and comorbid psychosocial trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Variable

Study

Therapy

n

d

CI 95%

Upper limit

Lower limit

Pain

Hsu et al.41

ASA versus TAU

45

− 1.20

− 1.84

− 0.57

Gillis et al.40

WED versus NW

69

0.75

0.26

1.24

Lumley et al.43

EAET versus P-CBT

154

− 1.02

− 1.36

− 0.68

Ziadni et al.49

EAET-I versus TAU

75

− 2.35

− 2.95

− 1.74

Carty et al.39

EAET-I versus TAU

62

− 3.45

− 4.24

− 2.66

Yarns et al.48

EAET versus P-CBT

53

− 1.95

− 2.60

− 1.29

Hasha et al.36

TRT versus WL

76

0.00

− 0.45

0.45

Emotional distress

Slavin-Spenny et al.46

AAET versus RT

98

1.05

0.63

1.47

Thakur et al.47

EAET versus RT

72

0.52

0.05

0.99

Ziadni et al.49

EAET-I versus TAU

75

− 3.02

− 3.70

− 2.34

Carty et al.39

EAET-I versus TAU

62

− 2.41

− 3.07

− 1.74

  1. AAET anger awareness and expression training, ASA affective self-awareness, EAET emotional awareness and expression therapy, EAET-I emotional awareness and expression interview, NW neutral writing, P-CBT pain-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy, RT relaxation training, TAU treatment as usual, TRT teaching recovery techniques, WED written emotional disclosure, WL waitlist control group.