TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics, depression and anxiety symptoms, and attention bias scores by group at pretreatment, posttreatment, and follow-up
| GC-MRT group |
Control group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | M | SD | M | SD |
| Age (years) | 43.37 | 10.89 | 40.33 | 12.91 |
| Years of education | 14.3 | 2.76 | 13.67 | 2.4 |
| MADRS score at pretreatment | 28.6 | 4.43 | 30.4 | 5.14 |
| MADRS score at posttreatment | 24.1 | 7.03 | 24.53 | 8.4 |
| MADRS score at follow-up | 20.36 | 9.69 | 20.25 | 10.95 |
| BDI-II score at pretreatment | 29.94 | 9.66 | 30.76 | 8.71 |
| BDI-II score at posttreatment | 24.096 | 8.82 | 22.68 | 10.66 |
| BDI-II score at follow-up | 18.67 | 13.18 | 20.14 | 11.92 |
| Dwell-time on sad faces at pretreatment (%) | 49.56 | 3.07 | 49.35 | 2.64 |
| Dwell-time on sad faces at posttreatment (%) | 43.66 | 11.46 | 45.63 | 7.25 |
| Dwell-time on sad faces at follow-up (%) | 45.13 | 10.97 | 46.32 | 7.62 |
Abbreviations: BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; GC-MRT, gaze-contingent music reward therapy; MADRS, Montgomery–Asberg Depression Rating Scale.