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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adm Policy Ment Health. 2017 Sep;44(5):735–746. doi: 10.1007/s10488-016-0746-1

Table 5.

Predictive Validity: Receiving a Non-Preferred Treatment in Relation to Duration of Total Time at Clinic

Preference Assessment Duration at Clinic (Mdn) Wald χ2 Hazard Ratio (95% CI) p

NPT PT
Rating Method 31.7 23.0 7.8 1.70 (1,17, 2.47) .005
Ranking Method 28.3 23.8 1.5 1.25 (0.87, 1.80) .22
Choice Method 28.3 21.1 5.3 1.42 (1.05, 1.92) .022

Note. N = 193 patients. Duration at clinic is measured in weeks. NPT = received non-preferred treatment; PT = received preferred treatment. Non-preferred treatment is defined as any treatment in the bottom 25% of a given patient’s preference rankings; preferred treatment is defined as any treatment in the top 75% of preference rankings. Analyses adjust for age, gender, education, income, employment, marital status, race, and depression severity.