Table 2.

Clinical variables before in comparison to after treatment.

	Overt SSRI (n = 24)	Covert SSRI (n = 22)	F(1, 44) (between)	p-Value (between)	Partial η2 (between)
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale self-reporta			16.58	<0.0001	0.27
Pre (SD)	83.71 (20.13)	81.45 (17.82)
Post (SD	41.08 (17.91)	60.00 (20.17)
Paired t-test, p-Value	10.71, p < 0.0001	6.58, p < 0.0001
Cohen's d/SD changeb (within)	2.24/19.50	1.13/15.30
STAI-S Anticipatory anxietya			0.04	0. 84	0.001
Pre (SD)	58.21 (9.01)	60.91 (7.83)
Post (SD)	48.42 (12.02)	51.73 (11.74)
Paired t-test, p-value	4.79, p < 0.0001	4.03, p = 0.001
Cohen's d/SD changeb (within)	0.92/10.01	0.93/10.69
Social Phobia Scale			2.97	0.09	0.06
Pre (SD)	39.25 (14.10)	39.23 (14.47)
Post (SD)	22.75 (15.07)	28.91 (13.13)
Paired t-test, p-value	7.48, p < 0.0001	3.59, p = 0.002
Cohen's d/SD changeb (within)	1.12/10.81	0.75/13.48
Social Interaction Anxiety Scale			6.91	0.01	0.14
Pre (SD)	54.92 (13.82)	54.36 (10.92)
Post (SD)	36.08 (15.97)	46.00 (13.11)
Paired t-test, p-value	6.77, p < 0.0001	2.94, p = 0.008
Cohen's d/SD changeb (within)	1.26/13.62	0.70/13.35
Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale self-report			5.40	0.02	0.11
Pre (SD)	17.04 (7.23)	14.91 (7. 60)
Post (SD)	7.38 (5.75)	10.27 (5.28)
Paired t-test, p-value	6.09, p < 0.0001	3.19, p = 0.004
Cohen's d/SD changeb (within)	1. 47/7.78	0.70/6.82
Beck Anxiety Inventory			1.18	0.28	0.03
Pre (SD)	19.92 (8.66)	19.18 (7. 82)
Post (SD)	9.25 (6.94)	11.18 (5.58)
Paired t-test, p-value	7.83, p < 0.0001	3.84, p = 0.001
Cohen's d/SD changeb (within)	1.36/6.68	1.18/9.78
Quality Of Life Inventory			8.37	0.006	0.16
Pre (SD)	0. 66 (1.62)	0.87 (1.34)
Post (SD)	2.01 (1.25)	1.10 (1.27)
Paired t-test, p-value	4.39, p = 0.0002	1.03, p = 0.32
Cohen's d/SD changeb (within)	0.89/1.50	0.15/1.05

SSRI: escitalopram, STAI-S: Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory State version.

^aPrimary outcomes.

^bStandard deviation for change score pre-post.