Table 3.
Predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms clinically significant improvement and treatment adherence (N=475).
| Variable | PTSDa symptoms improvement | Treatment dose 8+ weeks | |||
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ORb (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Demographics | |||||
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Age>35 years | 0.79 (0.49-1.26) | .32 | 0.91 (0.45-1.90) | .80 |
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Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher | 0.99 (0.64-1.54) | .97 | 2.13 (1.13-4.03) | .02 |
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Gender - female | 1.31 (0.73-2.36) | .37 | 0.69 (0.26-1.69) | .44 |
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First therapy experience | 2.03 (1.18-3.54) | .01 | 0.96 (0.44-2.23) | .92 |
| Treatment characteristics | |||||
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Working alliance | 1.03 (1.01-1.05) | .02 | 1.07 (1.03-1.10) | <.001 |
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Duration of treatment (weeks) | 1.07 (0.98-1.17) | .13 | N/Ac | N/A |
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Latent class: acute/moderate improvement | 5.19 (2.83-10.0) | <.001 | 1.68 (0.72-3.92) | .23 |
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Latent class: survey noncompletion | 0.38 (0.20-0.69) | .002 | 0.58 (0.25-1.34) | .20 |
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Therapist: years of experience (10+) | 1.44 (0.92-2.27) | .11 | 0.68 (0.35-1.36) | .27 |
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Therapist: PTSD expertise | 0.76 (0.51-1.14) | .19 | 0.84 (0.44-1.55) | .57 |
| Patient weekly engagement | |||||
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Number of messages | 1.00 (0.98-1.01) | .64 | 1.08 (1.04-1.13) | <.001 |
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Text messages: number of words | 1.00 (1.00-1.00) | .67 | 1.00 (1.00-1.00) | .07 |
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Audio messages: duration (min) | 1.00 (1.00-1.00) | .52 | 1.00 (1.00-1.01) | .11 |
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Photo messages: count | 0.83 (0.65-1.03) | .11 | 1.22 (0.82-2.14) | .40 |
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Video messages: duration (min) | 1.02 (1.01-1.05) | .03 | 1.01 (0.99-1.04) | .47 |
| Therapist weekly engagement | |||||
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Number of messages | 1.01 (0.97-1.05) | .55 | 0.88 (0.82-0.94) | <.001 |
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Text messages: number of words | 1.00 (1.00-1.00) | .52 | 1.00 (1.00-1.00) | <.001 |
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Audio messages: duration (min) | 1.00 (1.00-1.00) | .92 | 1.00 (0.99-1.00) | .15 |
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Photo messages: count | 1.17 (0.74-1.99) | .51 | 1.43 (0.82-3.18) | .28 |
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Video messages: duration (min) | 0.98 (0.95-1.00) | .05 | 0.99 (0.96-1.02) | .43 |
aPTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder.
bOR: odds ratio.
cN/A: not applicable.