Table 1.
Overview of measures
| Short name | Full name | Pretreatment (CBCT-fC vs TAU) | Post-treatment (CBCT-fC vs TAU) | Comments |
| Primary outcomes | ||||
| HDRS | Hamilton Depression Rating Scale74 | X | X | |
| Secondary outcomes | ||||
| BDI-II | Beck Depression Inventory 75 | X | X | |
| BSSS | Berliner Social Support Scales115 | X | X | |
| CLS | Compassionate Love Scale116 | X | X | |
| EQ | Empathy Quotient | X | X | |
| EVOS | Evaluation of Social Systems Scale117 118 | X | X | |
| UCLA-LS | UCLA-Loneliness-Scale119 (German version: Hamburger Einsamkeitsskala120) | X | X | |
| KIMS | Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills121 122 | X | X | |
| PBD | Partner Burden in Depression (constructed in relation to the PHQ-9) | X | X | For male partners only |
| PFB | Partnership Questionnaire123 | X | X | |
| PHQ-9 | Patient Health Questionnaire124 125 | X | X | |
| RAS (Item 2) | Second Item from the Relationship Assessment Scale53 126 | X | X | |
| SCS | Self Compassion Scale71 127 | X | X | |
| TICS | Trier Inventory for chronic Stress128 | X | X | |
| Characteristics and confounders | ||||
| CLE | Critical Life Events | X | X | |
| CTQ | Childhood Trauma Questionnaire129 | X | ||
| IIP | Inventory of Interpersonal Problems130 131 | X | ||
| SCID | The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders131 132 | X | ||
| Demographic questionnaire | eg, Nationality, household characteristics, etc | X | X | Gynaecological questions for women (eg, pregnancy, menopause, etc) |
| Checklists | ||||
| Checklist for blood samples | eg, medication in the last 24 hours, alcohol, etc | X | X | |
| Checklist for ECG | eg, quality of sleep, pain, etc | X | X | |
| Checklist for Saliva sample | eg, medication in the last 24 hours, alcohol, etc | X | X | |