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. 2013 Jun 19;13:172. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-172

Table 3.

Descriptive analyses for PTSD for intent to treat sample (N = 34) (estimated values)

Variable (primary outcome measures) TAU + SWT (A) (N = 19)   TAU (B) (N = 15)   GLM Partial η2 Contrast Partial η2 GLM Partial η2 GLM partial bη2
 
pre
mid
post
fu
pre
mid
post
fu
Time
Time
1 pre-mid
1 pre-mid
condition
condition
Time * condition
Time * condition
2 mid-post
2 mid-post
3 post-fu
3 post-fu
PDS total: M (SD)
30.4 (9.7)
28.2 (9.0)
17.6 (12.0)
23.5 (14.8)
28.3 (10.7)
26.5 (9.8)
24.3 (9.1)
21.7 (9.4)
A + B **
0.166
1 A ns B ns
A 0.036 B 0.037
ns
0.000
ns
0.059
2 A * B ns
A 0.341 B 0.040
3 A ns B ns
A 0.143 B 0.062
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
McN χ2
OR 3
 
 
Fisher t 4
φ5
 
 
SCID (PTSD) n (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PTSD
19 (100)
-
9.8 (51.8)
-
15 (100)
-
13.2 (88.0)
-
A*
0
 
 
-
−0.390
-
-
B
0
Partial & Full-blown
Partial PTSD
10 (52.6)
-
2.8 (14.7)
-
3 (20.0)
-
2.4 (16.0)
-
A*
0.1
 
 
-
−0.028
-
-
B
0.8
Full-blown PTSD
9 (47.4)
-
7 (36.8)
-
12 (80.0)
-
10.8 (72.0)
-
A
0.7
 
 
-
−0.353
-
-
                  B 0.8            

Note. PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, TAU Treatment as usual, SWT Structured Writing Therapy, PDS Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale, SCID Structured Clinical Interview of DSM IV, PTSD Posttraumatic stress disorder, A = TAU + SWT. B = TAU. pre pre-treatment, mid mid-treatment, post post-treatment, Fu follow up. McN χ2 = McNemars χ2. OR odds ratio, Pl Con planned contrasts.

*p <0.05 **p < 0.001. t trend, ns not significant.

3OR = increase of cases/ decrease of cases.

4Overall Fisher’s excact test was calculated for PTSD diagnosis (p = 0.06).

φ5 Phi (measure of effectsize).