Table 2.

Patient responses to exit interview by provider groups

	Mean (SD), unless otherwise noted
	BLP (n = 46)	PLP (n = 58)	t/x 2a	df	p value
How well would you say that your therapist understood your anxiety problems? n (%)b
Did not understand at all	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	N/A	N/A	0.10
Understood a little bit	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Somewhat understood	7 (15.56)	3 (5.17)
Understood a great deal	38 (84.4)	55 (94.83)
How helpful was your therapist in helping you to learn anxiety management skills?	3.93 (0.25)	3.97 (0.18)	0.70	80.37	0.49
In your opinion, how experienced was your therapist?	3.74 (0.44)	3.83 (0.38)	1.09	102	0.28
How many years do you think your therapist has worked as a therapist? n (%)	2.63 (0.64)	3.16 (0.70)	3.94	102	0.0001
Less than 1 year	0 (0.000)	0 (0.00)
1 to 3 years	21 (45.65)	10 (17.24)
3 to 5 years	21 (45.65)	29 (50.00)
More than 5 years	4 (8.70)	19 (32.76)
In your opinion, how helpful was the Peaceful Living Program in helping you to manage your anxiety?	3.67 (0.56)	3.78 (0.46)	1.02	102	0.31
How confident are you that you will continue to use the skills that were taught in the Peaceful Living Program to manage anxiety in the future?	3.67 (0.63)	3.79 (0.45)	1.08	78.19	0.28
How helpful would you rate the telephone session(s) to learn how to manage your anxiety?c	3.57 (0.65)	3.55 (0.61)	0.14	86	0.89

Exit interview data are presented for n = 104 (BLP = 46, PLP = 58) participants who completed the exit interview, unless otherwise noted

BLP bachelor-level provider, PLP Ph.D.-level provider

^aIndependent samples t test for interval variables and chi-square test (or Fisher’s exact test) for categorical variables. There is no test statistic or degrees of freedom for Fisher’s exact test

^b n = 103 participants responded to this item (BLP = 45, PLP = 58)

^c n = 88 participants responded to this item (BLP = 37, PLP = 51)