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Antecedentes: En los últimos años la desensibilización y reprocesamiento por movimientos oculares (EMDR) se está extendiendo tanto en su número de publicaciones como de profesionales que utilizan esta técnica en el ámbito clínico. El presente meta-análisis tiene como objetivo comprobar la eficacia del EMDR en el tratamiento del trastorno de estrés post-traumático. Método: A partir de los criterios de inclusión/exclusión fueron seleccionados 18 artículos (n = 1213 sujetos), entre los años 1991-2022. Resultados: Los tamaños del efecto hallados en el meta-análisis fueron pequeños en la reducción de síntomas asociados al TEPT, ansiosos y depresivos, tanto en el pos-tratamiento como en el mantenimiento. El análisis de las variables moderadoras reveló que el tiempo de intervención, el número y la duración de las sesiones, la veteranía del terapeuta y el tipo de terapeuta encargado de la intervención juegan un papel importante en el tamaño del efecto final. No se encontraron datos estadísticamente significativos en el análisis de la metarregresión. Conclusiones: Sin embargo, aunque el estudio cuenta con criterios restrictivos en cuanto a la selección de los estudios, existe cierto riesgo de sesgo en los artículos seleccionados que carecen de una calidad metodológica suficiente para ser extrapolados al ámbito clínico.
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