Table 2.
PHQ-9 scores at baseline and at 12 weeks post assessment in the EVIDENT trial: intervention group (n=509) versus care as usual control group (n=504)
Baseline | Post | |||||||||||
Intervention | Care as usual | Cohen’s d | Cohen’s d | Intervention | Care as usual | Cohen’s d | Cohen’s d | |||||
M | SD | M | SD | 95% CI | M | SD | M | SD | 95% CI | |||
Sex | ||||||||||||
Female | 10.5 | 2.3 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 0 | −0.17 to 0.17 | 7.68 | 4.1 | 9.37 | 4.4 | 0.25 | −0.24 to 0.75 |
Male | 9.7 | 2.5 | 10.5 | 2.5 | 0.14 | −0.14 to 0.42 | 7.24 | 3.8 | 8.69 | 4.1 | 0.37 | −0.07 to 0.80 |
Age (median split) | ||||||||||||
<44 years | 10.4 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 0 | −0.22 to 0.22 | 7.97 | 4.2 | 9.21 | 4 | 0.3 | −0.06 to 0.67 |
≥44 years | 10.1 | 2.4 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 0.09 | −0.12 to 0.29 | 7.14 | 3.9 | 9.11 | 4.6 | 0.47 | −0.11 to 0.83 |
Education | ||||||||||||
Higher secondary | 10.2 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 2.5 | 0.05 | −0.13 to 0.24 | 7.58 | 4.1 | 9.05 | 4.2 | 0.35 | −0.05 to 0.66 |
Other | 10.3 | 2.5 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 0.02 | −0.24 to 0.28 | 7.47 | 4 | 9.41 | 4.5 | 0.46 | 0.0 to 0.92 |
Employment | ||||||||||||
Full or part time | 10.3 | 2.4 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 0 | −0.18 to 0.18 | 7.49 | 4.1 | 9 | 4.4 | 0.36 | −0.03 to 0.68 |
Not working | 10.1 | 2.5 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 0.1 | −0.15 to 0.36 | 7.65 | 3.9 | 9.44 | 4.1 | 0.45 | 0.03 to 0.87 |
Relationship status | ||||||||||||
Married/living with a partner | 10.1 | 2.5 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 0.09 | −0.11 to 0.28 | 7.38 | 4 | 8.92 | 4.2 | 0.37 | −0.05 to 0.70 |
Not living with a partner (including divorcees and widowers) | 10.4 | 2.3 | 10.4 | 2.5 | 0 | −0.37 to 0.38 | 7.65 | 4.5 | 9.87 | 4.3 | 0.51 | −0.18 to 1.20 |
Single | 10.6 | 2.4 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 0.04 | −0.25 to 0.33 | 7.89 | 4 | 9.32 | 4.5 | 0.34 | −0.19 to 0.87 |
Lifetime frequency of episodes | ||||||||||||
1 episode | 9.63 | 2.6 | 9.98 | 2.4 | 0.14 | −0.21 to 0.49 | 7.00 | 4.1 | 8.55 | 4.4 | 0.38 | −0.23 to 0.97 |
2–5 episodes | 10.3 | 2.4 | 10.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | −0.13 to 0.33 | 7.10 | 4 | 8.56 | 3.9 | 0.37 | 0.0 to 0.74 |
6–10 episodes | 10.1 | 2.5 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 0.23 | −0.10 to 0.56 | 7.91 | 3.8 | 10 | 4.9 | 0.49 | 0.10 to 1.08 |
11–20 episodes | 10.9 | 2.1 | 10.9 | 2 | 0.03 | −0.43 to 0.37 | 8.40 | 3.9 | 10.2 | 4.2 | 0.44 | −0.35 to 1.23 |
>20 episodes | 10.7 | 2.2 | 11.2 | 2.1 | 0.21 | −0.22 to 0.66 | 8.84 | 4.3 | 10.5 | 4.4 | 0.37 | −0.52 to 1.27 |
CI, confidence interval; M, mean; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; SD, standard deviation.