Table 3.

Pre- and post-treatment outcomes for adult samples that received DBT treatment in the selected studies (full-programme).

	DBT details	n	Pre-treatmentM ± SD	Pre-treatmentinterval	Post-treatmentM ± SD	Post-treatmentinterval
Borderline Symptoms List (BSL)
Aggregated RCTs	6–12 months	240	2.25 ± 0.75	[1.50 - 3.00]	1.58 ± 0.98	[0.6 - 2.56]
Aggregated Effectiveness	6–12 months	67	2.11 ± 0.82	[1.28 – 2.93]	1.46 ± 0.93	[0.53 - 2.39]
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
Aggregated RCTs	6–12 months	114	3.62 ± 0.61	[3.01–4.23]	2.42 ± 0.75	[1.67 - 3.17]
Aggregated Effectiveness	6–12 months	233	3.48 ± 0.67	[2.81–4.15]	2.61 ± 0.76	[1.89 - 3.41]
EQ-5D (Utility Scores and VAS)
Aggregated RCTs USc	6–12 months	271	0.65 ± 0.21	[0.44 - 0.86]	0.71 ± 0.20	[0.51 - 0.91]
Aggregated RCTs VAS	6–12 months	271	54.26 ± 33.33	[20.93–87.58]	61.42 ± 20.07	[41.35–81.49]

Note. M = Mean; SD = Standard deviation; DBT = Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; RCT = Randomised Controlled trial; VAS - Visual Analogue Scale.