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ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2020

Help in hand after traumatic events: a randomized controlled trial in health care professionals on the efficacy, usability, and user satisfaction of a self-help app to reduce trauma-related symptoms.

Christianne A I van der Meer, Anne Bakker, Mirjam van Zuiden, Anja Lok, Miranda Olff

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christianne A I van der MeerAmsterdam UMC, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7115-6705
Anne BakkerAmsterdam UMC, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3248-2441
Mirjam van ZuidenAmsterdam UMC, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1225-2702
Anja LokAmsterdam UMC, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0562-4862
Miranda OlffAmsterdam UMC, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1016-9515
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLArq Psychotrauma Expert Group · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

• Apps may provide easy-accessible self-help to empower people after trauma and help them diminish negative trauma outcomes.eHealthMhealthmobile applications• One-month app usage without guidance did not lead to a larger decrease in PTSS, but led to a greater decline in negative trauma-related cognitions and a greater increase in psychological resilience than no app usage.posttraumatic stress disorderrandomized controlled trial• Randomized controlled trial into the efficacy of a self-help app to reduce trauma-related symptoms in individuals with posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS).self-helpself-managementtrauma

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PMID32284818
PMCPMC7144205
OpenAlexW3011838220

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