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. 2024 Feb 16;15:1361086. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1361086

Table 3.

Primary and secondary outcome measure median scores in EMDR (n=20) and TAU (n=22) groups.

Outcome Measure EMDR Group Self-report Measures TAU Group Self-report Measures
Baseline Score±SD Midpoint Score±SD Endpoint Score±SD Baseline Score±SD Midpoint Score±SD Endpoint Score±SD
Suicidality scales
BSS 16.5±8.1 14±7.8 12±7.2*
(p=0.009)
20±7.6 16±9.5 13±9.6*
(p=0.009)
CSSRS-self-rated 3±1.4 3±1.3 1.5±1.1*
(p=0.004)
3±1.4 2±1.5 3±1.5
Symptoms related to past stressful events
IES-R 33±12.4 23±14*
(p=0.003)
12±19*
(p=0.002)
49.5±17.4 27±22.8*
(0.005)
37±22*
(0.007)
Depression
BDI-II 35±10.6 26±13.7*
(p=0.001)
19±15.7*
(p=0.005)
41.5±8.7 31±15.2 40±14.6
PHQ-9 21±6.5 16±6.5*
(p=0.039)
12.5±7.1*
(p=0.001)
22±4.7 17.5±7.5*
(p=0.033)
22.5±7.5
Anxiety
GAD-7 14.5±4.9 11±5.3*
(p=0.001)
8.5±5.8*
(p=0.004)
16±5.2 12±6.4 14±5.9
Dissociation
DES-II 14.6±7 N/A 11.6±7.8 17.9±7.3 N/A 13.4±12
Emotion regulation
DERS 108±17.9 101±18.7 95±22.1 123±16 115.5±28.4 117±20.8

DES II, Dissociative Experiences Scale; BSS, Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory II; CSSRS, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire 9; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7; IES-R, Impact of Events Revised; DERS, Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale. *=significant difference from baseline (p≤ 0.05 corrected for multiple comparisons).