Table 2.
Pretreatment Means with Standard Deviations and Pretreatment Symptom Severity-Adjusted Means with Standard Deviations of Psychopathology Scores Between Racial Groups at Posttreatment (N = 173)
| Measures | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Americans (n = 43) | Caucasians (n = 130) | F | d | African Americans (n = 43) | Caucasians (n = 130) | F | d | |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||
| PE | ||||||||
| PTSD Severity (PSS-I) | 28.71 (7.34) | 29.76 (6.43) | 0.68 | 0.14 | 9.58 (12.59) | 11.07 (10.81) | 0.54 | 0.13 |
| Depression (HRSD) | 25.06 (12.86) | 22.49 (9.42) | 1.06 | 0.21 | 11.77 (12.93) | 11.85 (11.25) | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Functioning (SDS) | 18.71 (7.30) | 18.43 (6.53) | 0.17 | 0.03 | 8.98 (10.19) | 11.10 (8.89) | 0.95 | 0.22 |
| Sertraline | ||||||||
| PTSD Severity (PSS-I) | 30.79 (6.92) | 29.28 (6.55) | 0.85 | 0.20 | 13.67 (11.99) | 12.61 (11.54) | 0.32 | 0.09 |
| Depression (HRSD) | 26.37 (11.43) | 24.53 (10.17) | 0.66 | 0.16 | 17.09 (12.16) | 12.26 (11.46) | 1.46 | 0.41 |
| Functioning (SDS) | 19.26 (7.96) | 19.90 (6.36) | 0.35 | 0.08 | 12.99 (10.46) | 10.97 (9.11) | 0.73 | 0.21 |
Note. PE: Prolonged Exposure; PSS-I = PTSD Symptom Scale-Interview version; HRSD = Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; SDS = Sheehan Disability Scale.