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. 2020 Sep 3;2020(9):CD007668. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007668.pub3

20. Comparison 7. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) versus treatment‐as‐usual (TAU): number of self‐harm days (skewed data).

Study Outcome Experimental group: DBT Control group: TAU Statistic Comments
n Mean SD n Mean SD
Priebe 2012 Adverse events: number of self‐harm days in past 2 months (averaged), at baseline 5 17.27 25.34 9 10.7 6.31 None reporteda DBT range = 0.83 to 60.83; TAU range = 1.0 to 18.67
Priebe 2012 Adverse events: number of self‐harm days in past 2 months (averaged), at 2 months 5 3.6 6.95 9 12.22 19.58 None reporteda DBT range = 0 to 16;
TAU range = 0 to 57
AsPD: antisocial personality disorder; DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy; n: numbers of participants; SD: standard deviation; TAU: treatment as usual.

aSummary data for AsPD subgroup (n = 14) provided by K Barnicot on 2 March 2017; no statistics provided.