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. 2020 Jun 10;11:503. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00503

Table 3.

Within-group effect sizes and between-group effect sizes, presented as Cohen’s d [95% CI] for primary outcomes and knowledge at each assessment point.

BAI Measure Knowledge test,
Weighted score
BDI Knowledge test
Raw score
Between-group effect sizes pre to post treatment
 Learning support vs no learning support
  Completers 0.41 [0.05, 0.77] 0.37 [0.01, 0.73] 0.46 [0.09, 0.82] 0.49 [0.12, 0.85]
  ITT 0.38 [0.01, 0.73] 0.34 [-0.02, 0.70] 0.38 [0.01, 0.74] 0.42 [0.06, 0.78]
 Chat-sessions vs no chat-sessions
  Completers 0.24 [-0.60, 0.12] 0.03 [-0.33, 0.39] 0.12 [-0.48, 0.24] 0.10 [-0.25, 0.46]
  ITT 0.23 [-0.59, 0.13] 0.04 [-0.32, 0.39] 0.02 [-0.38, 0.36] 0.02 [-0.34, 0.38]
Within-group effect sizes pre to post treatment
 Standard ICBT
  Completers 0.59 [0.06, 1.11] 0.77 [0.22, 1.30] 0.92 [0.37,1.45] 1.32 [0.73, 1.86]
  ITT 0.63 [0.10, 1.13] 0.75 [0.22-1.26] 0.80 [0.27, 1.32] 1.34 [0.77, 1.88]
 Learning support
  Completers 1.04 [0.48, 1.58] 1.48 [0.87, 2.04] 1.14 [0.56, 1.68] 1.72 [1.08, 2.31]
  ITT 0.98 [0.44, 1.51] 1.33 [0.75, 1.87] 1.11 [0.55, 1.64] 1.68 [1.07, 2.25]
 Standard ICBT with chat
  Completers 0.63 [0.09, 1.15] 0.77 [0.22, 1.30] 0.63 [0.10, 1.15] 1.14 [0.57-1.69]
  ITT 0.66 [0.13, 1.17] 0.79 [0.26, 1.31] 0.66 [0.13, 1.17] 1.16 [0.60, 1.69]
 Learning support with chat
  Completers 0.94 [0.35, 1.50] 1.56 [0.92, 2.15] 1.02 [0.43, 1.59] 2.10 [1.39, 2.74]
  ITT 0.85 [0.21, 1.36] 1.39 [0.81, 1.94] 1.02 [0.47, 1.55] 1.88 [1.25, 2.47]
Between-group effect sizes pre to 6 month follow-up
 Learning support vs no learning support
  Completers -0.14 [-0,56, 0.62] -0.29 [-0.71, 0.14] -0.05 [-0.48, 0.37] 0.01 [-0.43, 0.42]
  ITT -0.09 [-0.27, 0.44] -0.20 [-0.56, 0.16] -0.07 [-0.43, 0.29] 0.01 [-0.37, 0.34]
 Chat-sessions vs no chat-sessions
  Completers 0.20 [-0.23, 0.62] 0.01 [-0.41, 0.44] 0.14 [-0.29, 0.56] 0.10 [-0.25, 0.46]
  ITT 0.14 [-0.22, 0.50] 0.02 [-0.33, 0.38 0.12 [-0.24, 0.48] 0.02 [-0.34, 0.38]
Within-group effect sizes post treatment to 6 months follow-up
 Standard ICBT
  Completers 0.40 [-0.17, 0.96] 0.21 [-0.36, 0.77] 0.25 [-0.32, 0.81] 0.35 [-0.22, 0.92]
  ITT 0.38 [-0.14, 0.88] 0.26 [-0.76, 0.25] 0.29 [-0.22, 0.80] 0.00 [-0.51, 0.51]
 Learning support
  Completers 0.07 [-0.50, 0.64] 0.22 [-0.36, 0.79] 0.17 [-0.40, 0.74] 0.33 [-0.25, 0.90]
  ITT 0.09 [-0.41, 0.60] 0.03 [-0.54, 0.47] 0.21 [-0.30, 0.74] 0.28 [-0.23, 0.79]
 Standard ICBT with chat
  Completers 0.45 [-0.12, 0.01] 0.30 [-0.27, 0.87] 0.34 [-0.25, 0.91] 0.26 [-0.84, 0.32]
  ITT 0.33 [-0.83, 0.18] 0.16 [-0.35, 0.67] 0.10 [-0.41, 0.61] 0.20 [-0.31, 0.71]
 Learning support with chat
  Completers 0.22 [-0.35, 0.78] 0.32 [-0.28, 0.91] 0.15 [-0.76, 0.46] 0.00 [-0.61, 0.61]
  ITT 0.19 [-0.69, 0.32] 0.22 [-0.29, 0.73] 0.14 [-0.37, 0.64] 0.05 [-0.45, 0.56]

BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory.