Table 4.
Numbers of participating patients allocated by personal preference 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=81)
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Non-directive counselling (n=54)
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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 | 81 | 26.9 (9.2) | 26.8 (9.2) | 54 | 27.4 (7.4) | 27.4 (7.4) | |
| 4 months | 68 | 13.0 (10.2) | 15.0 (11.1) | 52 | 14.0 (9.1) | 14.3 (9.1) | |
| 12 months | 66 | 10.7 (8.1) | 13.3 (10.7) | 40 | 12.3 (9.6) | 14.4 (9.9) | |
| Brief symptom inventory (median general severity index) | |||||||
| Baseline | 81 | 1.53 | 1.53 | 53 | 1.64 | 1.63 | |
| 4 months | 68 | 0.62 | 0.79 | 52 | 0.87 | 0.87 | |
| 12 months | 64 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 37 | 0.68 | 0.81 | |
| Modified social adjustment scale (mean (SD) scores) | |||||||
| Baseline | 81 | 2.63 (0.49) | 2.63 (0.49) | 52 | 2.64 (0.44) | 2.64 (0.44) | |
| 4 months | 68 | 2.17 (0.52) | 2.26 (0.56) | 51 | 2.22 (0.48) | 2.24 (0.48) | |
| 12 months | 63 | 2.05 (0.48) | 2.17 (0.56) | 38 | 2.08 (0.43) | 2.23 (0.51) | |
| Satisfaction data (mean (SD) scores)§ | |||||||
| 4 months | 60 | 3.64 (0.72) | NA | 47 | 3.88 (0.71) | NA | |
| 12 months | 55 | 3.62 (0.75) | NA | 32 | 4.00 (0.55) | 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).
§
Difference at 12 months, t=2.52, df=85, P=0.01.