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. 2017 Sep 27;19(2):220–232. doi: 10.1007/s11121-017-0843-8

Table 2.

Pre-test and change in anxiety symptoms over the study (intention-to-treat sample)

Assessment MindLight CBT Mean differencea SD 95% CI
Total child
 Pre-test 0.98 0.99
 Post-test–pre-testb − 0.24 − 0.24 0.01 0.34 [− 0.04, 0.06]c
 3-month FU–pre-testb − 0.32 − 0.34 0.02 0.42 [− 0.04, 0.08]c
 6-month FU–pre-testb − 0.40 − 0.36 − 0.05 0.42 [− 0.11, 0.02]c
 n 82 83
Personalized child
 Pre-test 0.98 0.99
 Post-test–pre-testb − 0.31 − 0.20 − 0.12 0.47 [− 0.19, − 0.04]d
 3-month FU–pre-testb − 0.41 − 0.38 − 0.04 0.54 [− 0.12, 0.05]c
 6-month FU–pre-testb − 0.52 − 0.37 − 0.15 0.56 [− 0.23, − 0.06]d
 n 82 83
Total mother
 Pre-test 0.51 0.50
 Post-test–pre-testb − 0.09 − 0.09 − 0.01 0.17 [− 0.03, 0.02]c
 3-month FU–pre-testb − 0.12 − 0.13 0.01 0.17 [− 0.01, 0.04]c
 6-month FU–pre-testb − 0.14 − 0.16 0.02 0.20 [− 0.01, 0.05]c
 n 80 81
Total father
 Pre-test 0.47 0.46
 Post-test–pre-testb − 0.09 − 0.08 − 0.01 0.17 [− 0.04, 0.02]c
 3-month FU–pre-testb − 0.12 − 0.12 0.00 0.17 [− 0.03, 0.03]c
 6-month FU–pre-testb − 0.15 − 0.16 0.01 0.19 [− 0.02, 0.04]c
 n 69 69

CI confidence interval

aA negative difference is a difference in favor of MindLight

bA negative score means a decrease in the severity of symptoms

cThe 95% CI of the difference in symptom change lies entirely between the equivalence margins of − 0.16 and + 0.16 points, indicating equivalence of MindLight and CBT

dThe 95% CI of the difference in symptom change lies entirely to the left of 0, indicating significant differences in favor of MindLight