Table 2.

Baseline characteristics.

	Intervention group		Control group		p-Value
Gender (N, %)
Female	23	63.89	18	60.00
Male	13	36.11	12	40.00	0.7457
Age at baseline (mean, SD)	32.39	12.30	29.23	8.81	0.2441
Psychotropic drugs (N, %)
Yes	26	72.22	18	60.00
No	10	27.78	12	40.00	0.2943
Primary diagnosis (N, %)
PD	12	33.33	7	23.33
SP	24	66.67	23	76.67	0.3716
Comorbid Affective (N, %)
Yes	21	58.33	8	26.67
No	15	41.67	22	73.33	0.0099
BDI II 14–19	5	41.67	8	61.11
BDI II 20–28	10	13.89	7	22.22
BDI II 29–63	13	27.78	6	19.44	0.2390
Comorbid Personality (N, %)
Yes	9	25.00	8	26.67
No	27	75.00	22	73.33	0.8775
Employed/student (N, %)
Yes	14	38.89	15	50.00
No	22	61.11	15	50.00	0.3651
Alcohol consumption per week (N, %)
Never drink	12	33.33	8	26.67
0–5	23	63.89	15	50.00
5–10	0	0.00	4	13.33
10–20	1	2.78	3	10.00	0.0720

PD: panic disorder; SP: social phobia.