Table 1 Studies on the effectivity of (KID)NET with refugee children
Study | Studied population | N | Study design | Treatment | Number and duration of sessions | Instrument PTSD | Measure points | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catani et al. (2009) [17] | Internally displaced children aged 8–14 in Sri Lanka | 31 | RCT | KIDNET vs MED-RELAX | 6 sessions of 60–90 min | UPID | Pretreatment and 1-month and 6-month follow-up | Significant reduction of PTSD symptoms in both conditions, no significant differences between conditions were found. Effect sizes (Cohen’s d) for the KIDNET group were 1.76 at post-test and 1.96 at 6 months follow-up. |
Ertl et al. (2011) [18] | Former child soldiers aged 12–25 in Uganda | 85 | RCT | (KID)NET vs academic catch-up program vs waitlist | 8 sessions of 90–120 min | CAPS, revised version for DSM-IV | Pretreatment and 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month follow-up | Significant reduction of PTSD symptoms, superiority of (KID)NET (Cohen’s d = 1.80). |
Onyut et al. (2005) [19] | Refugee children aged 13–17 from Somali in Uganda | 6 | Pre-post study | KIDNET | 4–6 sessions of 1–2 h | CIDI (PDS + HSCL for screening) | Pre-treatment, 4 weeks and 9-month follow-up | After 9 months, four of the six participants no longer met the criteria for PTSD. |
Peltonen et al. (2019) [20] | Refugee children and children with experiences of family violence aged 9–17 living in Finland | 50 | RCT | KIDNET vs TAU | 7–10 sessions of 90 min | CRIES-13 | pre-, mid-, and posttreatment and 3-month follow-up | No evidence was found for superior effects of NET versus TAU on reduction in PTSD symptoms. There was a decrease in PTSD symptoms regardless of treatment condition; however, this decrease was significant in the NET group only. The effect sizes (Cohen’s d) were large in NET (0.83), but small in TAU (0.37) |
Ruf et al. (2010) [21] | Refugee children aged 7–16 in Germany | 26 | RCT | KIDNET vs waitlist | 7–8 sessions of 90–120 min | UPID | Pretreatment, 4-weeks, 6-month, and 12-month follow-up | The KIDNET-group (ES=1.9), but not the waitlist (ES=0.3), showed clinically relevant and significant reduction in PTSD symptoms. |
Said et al. (2020) [22] | UCM aged 16–17 from Sudan, Vietnam, and Albania in the UK | 4 | Pre-post study | KIDNET | 9–20 sessions | CRIES-8 + CPSS-5 | pre-, start-, mid-, and posttreatment | PTSD symptoms were below the clinical range after treatment. All three participants who completed KIDNET met the criteria for reliable improvement. |
Schauer et al. (2004) [23] | Refugee child aged 13 from Somalia in Uganda | 1 | Case study | KID-NET | 4 sessions of 60–90 min | PDS | Pretreatment and at 6-month follow-up | The post-test showed that the symptoms decreased to a degree below the diagnostic threshold for PTSD. |