Table 2.
Follow-up analyses (N = 47)
| Variable | Baseline |
1-Week Post |
3-Month F/U |
6-Month F/U |
Time F | d | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | |||
| Nights/Week with NM | 3.00 | 0.27 | 1.26 | 0.32 | 1.30 | 0.34 | 0.92 | 0.36 | 13.43*** | 1.16 |
| NM per Week | 3.33 | 0.38 | 2.81 | 0.45 | 1.45 | 0.49 | 1.36 | 0.52 | 4.81** | 0.76 |
| NM Severity | 3.09 | 0.14 | 1.79 | 0.18 | 1.67 | 0.20 | 1.21 | 0.20 | 26.56*** | 2.00 |
| Panic Sxs Upon Waking | 5.47 | 0.43 | 4.39 | 0.51 | 4.05 | 0.60 | 4.22 | 0.64 | 2.34 | 0.45 |
| PSQI Sleep Quality | 12.45 | 0.76 | 7.60 | 0.84 | 7.65 | 0.87 | 7.45 | 0.90 | 25.17*** | 0.96 |
| Hours of Sleep | 5.94 | 0.23 | 6.93 | 0.26 | 6.90 | 0.27 | 6.78 | 0.29 | 8.11*** | 0.57 |
| Fearful of Sleep | 1.51 | 0.14 | 0.68 | 0.16 | 0.48 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 0.18 | 14.85*** | 1.26 |
| Health Symptoms | 74.84 | 4.85 | 64.78 | 5.23 | 63.06 | 5.35 | 59.53 | 5.47 | 6.29** | 0.48 |
| TSI – Depression | 11.04 | 0.89 | 8.70 | 1.00 | 7.71 | 1.07 | 7.47 | 1.15 | 4.78** | 0.52 |
| TSI – Anger/Irritability | 12.84 | 0.89 | 8.74 | 1.02 | 8.90 | 1.10 | 7.93 | 1.19 | 8.39*** | 0.83 |
| TSI – Dissociation | 9.76 | 0.80 | 7.25 | 0.88 | 6.98 | 0.92 | 6.36 | 0.96 | 8.57*** | 0.72 |
| TSI – Tension Reduction | 5.44 | 0.52 | 3.00 | 0.62 | 3.64 | 0.64 | 2.79 | 0.67 | 7.83*** | 0.88 |
| CAPS Past Month | 55.68 | 3.95 | 41.39 | 4.34 | 26.92 | 4.61 | 24.93 | 4.92 | 17.41*** | 1.18 |
p < 0.05.
p < 0.01.
p < 0.001.
Effect sizes calculated for baseline to 6-month differences. 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.
NM, nightmare; Sxs, Symptoms; CAPS, Clinician Administered PTSD Scale; TSI, Trauma Symptom Inventory; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.