Treatment of multiple traumatized adolescents by enhancing regulation skills and reducing trauma related symptoms: rationale, study design, and methods of randomized controlled trial (the Mars-study)

Table 1 Study parameters

	Instrument	Informant	Nr. Items	TRAP + EMDR					EMDR only
	Instrument	Informant	Nr. Items	T0	T1	T2	T3	ES	T0	T1	T2	T3	ES
Screening	CTSQ	Adolescent	24 items	x					x
Baseline
Demographic variables	Intake Questionnaire	Medical files			x					x
Dissociative Experiences	A-DES	Adolescent	30 items		x					x
Primary outcome
PTSD-assessment	CAPS-CA	Adolescent	interview	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Secondary outcome
Interpersonal problems	ECR-RC-mother	Adolescent	12 items	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Interpersonal problems	ECR-RC-father	Adolescent	12 items	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Emotion regulation	DERS	Adolescent		x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Self Esteem	RSES	Adolescent	10 items	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Anxiety and Mood	RCADS	Adolescent	47 items	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Posttraumatic cognitions	CPTCI	Adolescent	25 items	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Behavior problems	CBCL	Medical files	113 items	x					x
Behavior problems	Y-OQ-30	Parent	30 items	x			x		x			x
Parental Stress	OBVL	Parent	34 items	x			x		x			x
Other measurements
Adherence		Medical files						x					x
Monitoring PTSD	CRIES-13	Adolescent	13 items					x					x
Patient-therapist relationship	SRS/ORS	Adolescent	8 items					x					x

T0 screening, T1 baseline, T2 Mid treatment, T3 post-treatment, T4 6-month follow-up, ES each session

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