Table 1.
Intent-to-treat data by condition and time
| Variable | Baseline |
One-Week Posttreatment |
d | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment (n= 24) |
Control (n= 23) |
Treatment (n= 24) |
Control (n= 23) |
Fixed Effects (F-test) |
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| M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | Time | Group | Interaction | ||
| Nights/Week with NM (0-7) | 3.24 | 0.39 | 2.76 | 0.40 | 1.82 | 0.39 | 2.56 | 0.40 | 7.34** | 0.08 | 4.10* | 0.68 |
| NM per Week (0-∞) | 3.19 | 0.57 | 3.50 | 0.58 | 2.85 | 0.57 | 3.63 | 0.59 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.21 |
| NM Severity (0-4) | 3.17 | 0.15 | 3.07 | 0.16 | 2.23 | 0.16 | 3.04 | 0.16 | 9.28*** | 4.87* | 8.05** | 0.87 |
| Panic Sxs Upon Waking (0-14) | 6.36 | 0.59 | 4.66 | 0.58 | 4.67 | 0.60 | 5.29 | 0.59 | 1.39 | 0.57 | 6.57** | 0.78 |
| PSQI Sleep Quality (0-21) | 13.55 | 1.02 | 11.81 | 1.06 | 9.03 | 1.01 | 11.49 | 1.07 | 18.07*** | 0.07 | 13.68*** | 0.92 |
| Hours of Sleep (0-24) | 5.68 | 0.34 | 6.18 | 0.34 | 6.61 | 0.34 | 5.94 | 0.34 | 3.45 | 0.04 | 9.79*** | 0.68 |
| Fearful of Sleep (0-4) | 1.85 | 0.21 | 1.20 | 0.22 | 0.85 | 0.21 | 1.20 | 0.22 | 15.33*** | 0.27 | 15.33*** | 0.96 |
| Health Symptoms (0-216) | 74.31 | 6.95 | 75.84 | 7.08 | 67.38 | 6.97 | 76.49 | 7.08 | 1.92 | 0.29 | 2.79 | 0.22 |
| TSI – Depression (0-24) | 12.00 | 1.28 | 10.52 | 1.31 | 9.17 | 1.28 | 10.21 | 1.31 | 7.85** | 0.02 | 5.10* | 0.37 |
| TSI – Anger/Irritability (0-27) | 13.56 | 1.38 | 12.41 | 1.41 | 11.02 | 1.38 | 10.98 | 1.41 | 9.27*** | 0.10 | 0.72 | 0.16 |
| TSI – Dissociation (0-27) | 10.30 | 1.25 | 9.34 | 1.28 | 8.51 | 1.25 | 8.29 | 1.28 | 9.54*** | 0.11 | 0.66 | 0.11 |
| TSI – Tension Reduction (0-24) | 5.65 | 0.81 | 5.24 | 0.83 | 4.19 | 0.81 | 5.11 | 0.83 | 2.94 | 0.05 | 2.05 | 0.36 |
| CAPS Past Month (0-136) | 59.11 | 5.97 | 55.36 | 6.10 | 43.57 | 5.97 | 51.80 | 6.10 | 12.92*** | 0.07 | 5.08* | 0.39 |
p < 0.05.
p < 0.01.
p < 0.001.
NM, nightmare; Sxs, Symptoms; CAPS, Clinician Administered PTSD Scale; TSI, Trauma Symptom Inventory; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
According to Cohen (1988), d = 0.20 is a small effect, d = 0.50 is a medium effect, d = 0.80 is a large effect.