Table 1.
Sample characteristics at baseline for the Memory Specificity Training (MEST) and Psychoeducation and Supportive Counselling (PSC) conditions.
| PSC |
MEST |
χ2 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 31) | (n = 31) | |||||
| Gender (% female) | 61.3% | 70.1% | 0.6 | .592 | ||
| Educationa | 3:7:10:5:6 | 5:7:7:11:1 | 6.7 b | .152 | ||
| Employment (% employed) | 48.4% | 41.9% | 0.3 | .799 | ||
| Taking medication (%) | 61.3% | 58.1% | 0.7 | 1.00 | ||
| Receiving psychotherapy (%) | 29.0% | 22.5% | 0.3 | .772 | ||
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| M |
(SD) |
M |
(SD) |
t |
p |
|
| Age | 39.1 | (11.3) | 44.45 | (15.3) | −1.6 | .123 |
| BDI-II | 32.9 | (9.7) | 30.6 | (11.2) | 0.9 | .387 |
| Verbal paired associates recall | 16.2 | (9.0) | 19.2 | (9.0) | −1.3 | .208 |
| Digit span | 16.9 | (4.8) | 19.1 | (4.5) | −1.8 | .070 |
a
Highest level of education attained (5th form; 6th form; undergraduate; postgraduate; other).
b
Fishers Exact Test; *p < .05.