Table 5.

Reliable change in depressive symptoms and/or well‐being from baseline to follow‐up—Reference group psychiatric patients

	Depressive symptoms (IDS‐SR)				General psychopathology (OQ‐45)
	Increase	No change	Decrease	Total	Increase	No change	Decrease	Total
Mental health (MHC‐SF)
Increase (%)	0	5	35.6	40.7	0	0	40	40
No change (%)	5.1	30.5	23.7	59.3	5	30	25	60
Decrease (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (%)	5.1	35.6	59.3	100	5	30	65	100

Note: Fisher's exact test: p = .000, Tau‐c = −0.56 (IDS‐SR–MHC‐SF); Fisher's exact test: p = .001, Tau‐c = −0.47 (OQ‐45–MHC‐SF).

Abbreviations: IDS‐SR, Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology—Self‐report; MHC‐SF, Mental Health Continuum‐Short Form; OQ, Outcome Questionnaire.