Table 6.

Standardized Response Mean Effect Sizes of Primary Outcome Measures

Groups		Patient-reported Outcome Measuresa	Month	SRM	N	Reference no.
All patients	Primary analysis	Symptom score	6	1.09	736	25
	Follow-up analysis	Symptom score	48	1.13	1510	26
Children		Symptom score	6	0.97	381	27
Diagnosis groups	Anxiety disorders	Anxiety severity	6	1.71	44	28
	Asthma	Average asthma severity	12	0.90	66	29
	ADHD symptoms	FBB-HKS total score [parent rating]	6	0.68	60	30
	Depression	CES-D	12	1.20	75	31
	Migraine	Average migraine severity	6	1.09	44	33
	Low back pain	HFAQ	24	0.59	46	32
	Low back pain	LBPRS	24	0.59	47	32
Therapy groups	Medical treatment
	-Prolonged consultation with AM physician	Symptom score	12	1.05	184	34
	-AM products	Symptom score	6	1.01	559	41
	Art therapy	Symptom score	12	1.03	135	35
	Eurythmy therapy	Symptom score	12	1.04	336	36
	Rhythmical massage therapy	Symptom score	12	1.14	59	37

Physician-reported outcome measuresa
All patients		Disease score	6	1.23	738	25
Children		Disease score	6	1.30	362	27
Diagnosis groups	Anxiety disorders	Anxiety severity	6	1.52	57	28
	Migraine	Average migraine severity	6	1.30	44	33
Therapy groups	Medical treatment
	-Prolonged consultation with AM physician	Disease score	12	1.52	155	34
	-AM products	Disease score	6	1.35	583	41
	Art therapy	Disease score	12	1.76	97	35
	Eurythmy therapy	Disease score	12	1.34	237	36
	Rhythmical massage therapy	Disease score	12	1.45	56	37

^aOutcome measures are described in Table 3.

Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; AM, anthroposophic medicine; CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; FBB-HKS: [German] Fremdbeurteilungsbogen für Hyperkinetische Störungen, a questionnaire of core ADHD symptoms; HFAQ, Hanover Functional Ability Questionnaire; LBPRS, Low Back Pain Rating Scale Pain score; SRM, standardized response mean effect size (minimal: <0.20, small: 0.20-0.49, medium: 0.50-0.79, large: ≥0.80).