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. 2021 May 5;23(5):e27610. doi: 10.2196/27610

Table 2.

Effectiveness of the PSP Wellbeing Course.

Questionnaire Pretreatment, mean (SD) Posttreatment, mean (SD) Hedges g effect size (95% CI) from pretreatment Percentage change (95% CI) in estimated mean from pretreatment Reliable deterioration (%) Reliable recovery (%)
Total sample (N=83)






PHQ-9a 11.09 (5.59) 6.81 (5.33) 0.78 (0.46 to 1.09) 39 (26 to 49) 4.4 29.7

GAD-7b 10.32 (5.44) 6.01 (4.82) 0.83 (0.52 to 1.15) 42 (30 to 52) 1.7 37.6

PCL-5c 29.82 (19.18) 20.39 (17.60) 0.51 (0.20 to 0.82) 32 (15 to 45) 6.8 25.1

PDSS-SRd 5.20 (5.09) 3.17 (4.52) 0.42 (0.11 to 0.73) 39 (15 to 56) N/Ae N/A

SIAS-6/SPS-6f 9.76 (9.22) 9.19 (9.58) 0.06 (–0.24 to 0.36) 6 (–20 to 26) N/A N/A

DAR-5g 10.31 (4.39) 8.59 (3.79) 0.42 (0.11 to 0.72) 17 (8 to 25) N/A N/A

SDSh Family 4.98 (2.73) 3.69 (2.84) 0.46 (0.15 to 0.77) 26 (10 to 39) N/A N/A

SDS Social 5.03 (2.94) 3.82 (2.92) 0.41 (0.10 to 0.72) 24 (9 to 37) N/A N/A

SDS Work 4.54 (3.02) 3.40 (3.05) 0.37 (0.07 to 0.68) 25 (7 to 40) N/A N/A

SDS Total 14.54 (7.81) 10.80 (7.76) 0.48 (0.17 to 0.79) 26 (11 to 38) N/A N/A
Clinical samplei






PHQ-9 (≥10, n=48) 14.90 (3.82) 8.91 (5.46) 1.25 (0.82 to 1.70) 40 (28 to 51) 2.9 51.3

GAD-7 (≥10, n=46) 14.22 (3.24) 8.08 (5.11) 1.41 (0.97 to 1.87) 43 (31 to 53) 2.5 56.8

PCL-5 (≥33, n=35) 48.63 (10.66) 32.96 (17.63) 1.05 (0.56 to 1.56) 32 (17 to 45) 7.8 59.5

PDSS-SR (≥8, n=23) 12.14 (2.94) 7.00 (6.18) 1.03 (0.42 to 1.66) 42 (15 to 61) N/A N/A

SIAS-6/SPS-6 (SIAS≥7 SPS≥2, n=27) 20.52 (7.54) 18.48 (10.23) 0.22 (–0.31 to 0.76) 10 (–13 to 28) N/A N/A

DAR-5 (≥12, n=25) 15.84 (3.21) 11.76 (4.80) 0.97 (0.39 to 1.57) 26 (12 to 37) N/A N/A

SDS Family (≥3, n=66) 6.03 (1.93) 4.23 (2.84) 0.73 (0.38 to 1.09) 30 (15 to 42) N/A N/A

SDS Social (≥3, n=62) 6.34 (2.11) 4.45 (2.88) 0.74 (0.38 to 1.11) 30 (16 to 42) N/A N/A

SDS Work (≥3, n=58) 5.98 (2.40) 4.23 (3.00) 0.64 (0.27 to 1.01) 29 (13 to 43) N/A N/A

SDS Total (≥9, n=62) 17.95 (5.74) 12.35 (7.75) 0.81 (0.45 to 1.18) 31 (17 to 43) N/A N/A

aPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

bGAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-7.

cPCL-5: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5.

dPDSS-SR: Panic Disorder Severity Scale Self-Report.

eN/A: not applicable; reliable recovery and deterioration were only calculated for primary measures because the magnitude of the score change required to determine reliable score changes for several secondary measures was unknown.

fSIAS-6/SPS-6: 6-item Social Interaction Anxiety Scale/6-item Social Phobia Scale.

gDAR-5: Dimensions of Anger Reactions-5.

hSDS: Sheehan Disability Scale.

iFor each measure, estimated means, effects sizes, and percentage change are calculated based on those who scored in the clinical range on the measure at pretreatment.