Citation

Tarquinio C, Rotonda C, Houllé WA, Montel S, Rydberg JA, Minary L, Dellucci H, Tarquinio P, Fayard A, Alla F. Issues Ment. Health Nurs. 2016; 37(11): 787-799.

Affiliation

University of Lorraine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01612840.2016.1224282

PMID

27696918

Abstract

This randomized controlled trial study aims to investigate the efficacy of an early psychological intervention called EMDR-RE compared to Critical Incident Stress Debriefing on 60 victims of workplace violence, which were divided into three groups: 'EMDR-RE' (n = 19), 'CISD' (n = 23), and 'delayed EMDR-RE' (n = 18). EMDR-RE and CISD took place 48 hours after the event, whilst third intervention was delayed by an additional 48 hours.

RESULTS showed that after 3 months PCLS and SUDS scores were significantly lower with EMDR-RE and delayed EMDR-RE compared to CISD. After 48 hours and 3 months, none of the EMDR-RE-treated victims showed PTSD symptoms.

Language: en