Cognitive therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for reducing psychopathology among disaster-bereaved individuals: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview of variables, concepts, measures, and time points.

Variable	Concept	Measure	Time point
Outcome	Prolonged grief levels	TGI-SR	T0, T0.1, T1, FU1, FU2
	Posttraumatic stress levels	PCL-5	T0, T0.1, T1, FU1, FU2
	Depression levels	QIDS-SR	T0, T0.1, T1, FU1, FU2
Possible mechanisms of change	A sense of unrealness	EUS	T0, T0.1, T1, FU1, FU2
	Severity of grief cognitions	GCQ	T0, T0.1, T1, FU1, FU2
	Severity of avoidance behaviour	DAAPGQ	T0, T0.1, T1, FU1, FU2
	Severity of intrusive memories	TMQ	T0, T0.1, T1, FU1, FU2
Other	Prolonged grief levels	B-TG	Start of each treatment session
	Sociodemographic information		T0

TGI-SR = Traumatic Grief Inventory Self Report; PCL-5 = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5; QIDS-SR = Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology – Self Report; EUS = Experienced Unrealness Scale; GCQ = Grief Cognition Questionnaire; DAAPGQ = Depressive and Anxious Avoidance in Prolonged Grief Questionnaire; TMQ = Trauma Memory Questionnaire; B-TG = Brief Traumatic Grief questionnaire; T0 = baseline measure; T1 = post-treatment assessment; T0.1 = post-waiting period measure; FU1 = follow-up measure at 12 weeks; FU2 = follow-up measure at 24 weeks.