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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Mar 29;23(1):87–98. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.03.010

Table 2.

Paired-Sample Statistics on Primary and Secondary Clinical Outcomes (N = 17)

Severity of Suicide Ideation
Pre-Treatment Post-Treatment

Variable M SD M SD |Δ| SE 95% CI |t|* p |g|
GSIS-Total 83.2 22.2 71.9 22.0 11.2 3.2 4.4 to 18.1 3.49 0.003 0.50
GSIS-SI 25.1 7.0 22.2 7.8 2.9 1.3 0.1 to 5.7 2.20 0.043 0.38
GSIS-DI 14.2 5.9 12.0 4.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 to 4.4 2.24 0.040 0.40
GSIS-LOSS 21.2 4.9 18.0 6.0 3.2 1.0 1.2 to 5.3 3.37 0.004 0.57
GSIS-MIL 19.8 6.9 16.9 6.0 2.8 1.0 0.7 to 5.0 2.76 0.014 0.44
Depression Symptom Severity
Pre-Treatment Post-Treatment

Variable M SD M SD |Δ| SE 95% CI |t| p |g|
HAMD 23.8 9.2 15.2 9.7 8.6 2.2 3.9 to 13.3 3.84 0.001 0.89
CESD-R 23.6 13.7 14.1 14.5 9.6 2.5 4.3 to 14.8 3.88 0.001 0.66
*

df = 16

Note: |Δ| = absolute value of the mean change score; SE=Standard Error for the absolute mean change score; 95% CI=95% Confidence Interval around the absolute mean change score; |t| = absolute value of the t-score; |g| = absolute value of Hedges’ unbiased estimator of effect size; GSIS=Geriatric Suicide Ideation Scale; GSIS-TOT=GSIS Totals; GSIS-SI=GSIS Suicide Ideation subscale; GSIS-DI=GSIS Death Ideation subscale; GSIS-LOSS=GSIS Loss of Personal and Social Worth subscale; GSIS-MIL=GSIS Perceived Meaning in Life subscale; HAMD=Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; CESD-R=Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale-Revised.