Table 3.
Numbers of participating patients randomised to two psychological therapies for depression and scores on main outcomes at baseline and at four and 12 months follow up
| Outcome measure | Cognitive-behaviour therapy (n=134)
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Non-directive counselling (n=126)
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| No of patients* | Scores
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No of patients* | Scores
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| Actual† | LOCF‡ | Actual† | LOCF‡ | ||||
| Beck depression inventory (mean (SD) scores) | |||||||
| Baseline | 134 | 27.6 (7.9) | 27.6 (7.9) | 126 | 27.6 (9.0) | 27.6 (9.0) | |
| 4 months | 117 | 12.5 (10.0) | 14.7 (11.8) | 112 | 12.3 (8.5) | 14.2 (10.1) | |
| 12 months | 107 | 9.9 (10.2) | 12.5 (12.1) | 102 | 11.2 (9.1) | 12.8 (9.9) | |
| Brief symptom inventory (median general severity index) | |||||||
| Baseline | 130 | 1.76 | 1.75 | 124 | 1.68 | 1.68 | |
| 4 months | 108 | 0.58 | 0.80 | 107 | 0.77 | 0.89 | |
| 12 months | 99 | 0.45 | 0.60 | 96 | 0.67 | 0.79 | |
| Modified social adjustment scale (mean (SD) scores) | |||||||
| Baseline | 132 | 2.63 (0.51) | 2.63 (0.51) | 123 | 2.59 (0.44) | 2.59 (0.44) | |
| 4 months | 108 | 2.14 (0.54) | 2.24 (0.60) | 105 | 2.20 (0.46) | 2.28 (0.49) | |
| 12 months | 96 | 1.96 (0.50) | 2.12 (0.61) | 94 | 2.12 (0.52) | 2.19 (0.53) | |
| Satisfaction data (mean (SD) scores) | |||||||
| 4 months | 101 | 3.75 (0.73) | NA | 101 | 3.90 (0.59) | NA | |
| 12 months | 85 | 3.64 (0.81) | NA | 85 | 3.80 (0.70) | NA | |
NA=not applicable.
*
No of patients with full data.
†
Data on patients with full data. ‡Data on patients with last observation carried forward (LOCF).