A scoping review of therapies used to treat psychological trauma post perinatal bereavement

Figures & data

Figure 1. PRISMA flow diagram.

Table 1. Studies that have assessed PTSD treatments post childbirth.

	Authors	Date	Method	Participants & numbers	Trauma scale	CBT	EMDR	Debriefing	Counselling	Expressive Writing	Self Help Materials	Family Support Program	Tetris	Yoga	CFT	Effective at Reducing Trauma	Perinatal Bereavement Focused
1	Asadzadeh et al.	2020	RCT	Iranian women (n = 90)	PCL5				x							YES
2	Ayers et al.	2007	Case Studies	UK women (n = 2)	None	x										NO
3	Chiorino et al.	2019	RCT	Italian women (n = 40)	IES-R		x									YES
4	Di Blasio et al.	2015	RCT	Italian women (n = 113)	PPQ					x						YES
5	Gamble et al.	2005	RCT	Australian women (n = 103)	DASS-21 MINI-PTSD				x							NO
6	Horsch et al.	2016	RCT	Swiss women (n = 65)	PPQ					x						YES
7	Horsch et al.	2017	Proof of principle RCT	Swiss women (n = 112)	ASDS PDS								x			YES
8	Huberty et al.	2020	RCFT	US women (n = 90)	IES-R									x		YES	YES
9	Kersting et al.	2011	RCT pilot study	German women (n = 59).	IES	x										YES	YES
10	Kersting et al.	2013	RCT	German people (n = 228) 92% female	IES-R	x										YES	YES
11	Lennard et al.	2020	RCT	Australian women (n = 248)	IES-R										x	YES
12	Meades et al.	2011	Observational study	UK women (n = 80)	PSS-SR			x								YES
13	Mitchell et al.	2018	Repeated measures pilot study	Australian women (n = 262)	IES-R										x	YES
14	Navidian et al.	2017	Semi-experimental interventional study	Iranian women (n = 100)	PPQ				x							YES	YES
15	Nieminen et al.	2016	RCT	Swedish women (n = 56)	TES IES-R	x										YES
16	Priest et al.	2003	RCT	Australian women (n = 1745)	IES-R			x								NO
17	Reina et al.	2019	Case Study	US woman (n = 1)	IES PCL5 PTCI)	x										NO
18	Ryding et al.	2004	RCT	Swedish women (n = 147)	IES				x							NO
19	Sandström et al.	2008	Case series	Swedish women (n = 4)	TES		x									NO
20	Slade et al.	2020	RCT	UK women (n = 678)	CAPS-5						x					NO
21	Sorensen	2003	Quasi-experimental pre-post test	US women (n = 9)	PTCS	x										NO
22	Stramrood et al.	2011	Case studies	Dutch women (n = 3)	None		x									NO
23	Sun et al.	2017	RCT	Chinese women (n = 124)	IES-R							x				YES