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. 2023 Jun 8;14:1185774. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1185774

Table 2.

Mean differences from estimated marginal means of final multilevel models examining psychological outcomes over time.

Pre- to postprogram Postprogram to 3-month follow-up
Variable MD 95% CI p MD 95% CI p
GAD-7
Time −3.07 [−4.21, −1.93] <0.001 −0.68 [−3.42, 2.05] 0.615
Intervention condition −2.41 [−4.44, −0.38] 0.020 −1.65 [−5.33, 2.03] 0.369
Time × Intervention condition −0.89 [−2.91, 1.14] 0.387 −0.67 [−4.61, 3.27] 0.732
Pharmacotherapy 1.22 [−1.02, 3.47] 0.282 6.29 [1.93, 10.64] 0.006
Time × Pharmacotherapy −2.55 [−4.83, −0.27] 0.029 −1.11 [−6.32, 4.10] 0.669
Sessions attended 0.08 [−0.47, 0.63] 0.776 0.03 [−1.08, 1.14] 0.956
Time × Sessions attended −0.60 [−1.19, −0.02] 0.043 −0.31 [−1.33, 0.71] 0.542
PAS
Time 2.26 [−0.03, 4.56] 0.053 −0.95 [−5.46, 3.56] 0.671
Intervention condition 3.77 [0.94, 6.61] 0.010 5.18 [−1.59, 11.96] 0.129
Time × Intervention condition −0.12 [−4.21, 3.98] 0.955 4.63 [−2.05, 11.30] 0.167
Pharmacotherapy −0.10 [−3.25, 3.04] 0.948 −2.22 [−10.19, 5.76] 0.577
Time × Pharmacotherapy 3.13 [−1.46, 7.73] 0.178 3.26 [−5.17, 11.70] 0.436
Sessions attended 0.33 [−0.44, 1.10] 0.393 1.41 [−0.39, 3.21] 0.122
Time × Sessions attended 1.01 [−0.16, 2.18] 0.089 0.66 [−1.05, 2.36] 0.438
NAS
Time −3.66 [−5.42, −1.91] <0.001 −2.07 [−5.39, 1.25] 0.213
Intervention condition −4.41 [−7.48, −1.33] 0.005 −1.62 [−6.90, 3.67] 0.538
Time × Intervention condition 0.94 [−2.17, 4.06] 0.548 0.67 [−4.42, 5.76] 0.791
Pharmacotherapy 1.90 [−1.50, 5.31] 0.270 4.75 [−1.41, 10.91] 0.127
Time × Pharmacotherapy −2.34 [−5.85, 1.16] 0.187 −1.78 [−7.99, 4.43] 0.565
Sessions attended 0.05 [−0.81, −0.91] 0.909 0.98 [−0.76, 2.73] 0.258
Time × Sessions attended −1.19 [−2.08, −0.30] 0.010 −0.81 [−2.13, 0.51] 0.221
RSES-4
Time 0.98 [0.21, 1.76] 0.013 0.39 [−1.03, 1.82] 0.581
Intervention condition 0.59 [−0.71, 1.89] 0.370 −0.02 [−2.30, 2.27] 0.989
Time × Intervention condition −1.05 [−2.43, 0.34] 0.136 1.47 [−0.71, 3.64] 0.179
Pharmacotherapy 0.50 [−0.94, 1.94] 0.494 1.07 [−1.60, 3.73] 0.423
Time × Pharmacotherapy 0.98 [−0.56, 2.52] 0.209 0.20 [−2.47, 2.86] 0.883
Sessions attended 0.05 [−0.34, 0.45] 0.795 0.06 [−0.67, 0.80] 0.862
Time × Sessions attended 0.09 [−0.31, 0.48] 0.655 0.12 [−0.44, 0.68] 0.669

MD, mean difference; GAD-7, generalized anxiety disorder scale; NAS, negative affect schedule; PAS, positive affect schedule; RSES-4, 4-item response to stressful events scale. Significant values are bolded. For Intervention Condition, Surf Therapy is the comparator group; for Pharmacotherapy, those who reported psychiatric pharmacotherapy use were the comparator group. Pharmacotherapy use is relative to each time point and was used as a predictor; for pre- to postprogram, preprogram usage was utilized; for postprogram to follow-up, postprogram usage was utilized. Similarly, the sessions attended variable represents those from pre- to postprogram and postprogram to follow-up, respectively, if applicable.