Table 3.
The differences between patients who completed the study and those who dropped out at T2 (12-month follow-up measurement for the equivalence study; n=167; 9-month follow-up measurement for the superiority study; n=133).
| Variables | Equivalence study ONL1a | Equivalence study F2Fb | Superiority study ONL2c | Superiority study CAUd | ||||||||||||
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Completerse (n=35) | Dropoutsf (n=44) | P value | Completerse (n=46) | Dropoutsf (n=42) | P value | Completerse, (n=31) | Dropoutsf (n=39) | P value | Completerse (n=32) | Dropoutsf (n=31) | P value | ||||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 50.23 (9.36) | 50.98 (9.09) | .72 | 51.48 (8.88) | 49.50 (10.26) | .34 | 51.32 (10.15) | 48.97 (10.36) | .35 | 51.75 (9.32) | 47.58 (10.65) | .10 | ||||
| Gender (female), n (%) | 27 (77) | 26 (59) | .09 | 27 (59) | 24 (57) | .88 | 19 (61) | 31 (80) | .09 | 19 (59) | 26 (84) | .031 | ||||
| Marital status (Married), n (%) | 24 (67) | 25 (57) | .29 | 23 (50) | 23 (55) | .66 | 16 (52) | 17 (44) | .50 | 18 (56) | 11 (36) | .10 | ||||
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Elementary school | 18 (51) | 23 (52) | .90 | 19 (41) | 22 (52) | .58 | 16 (52) | 26 (67) | .24 | 16 (50) | 11 (36) | .38 | |||
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High school | 6 (17) | 10 (23) | 14 (30) | 10 (24) | 2 (7) | 4 (10) | 5 (16) | 9 (29) | |||||||
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College and above | 9 (26) | 9 (21) | 13 (28) | 10 (24) | 13 (42) | 9 (23) | 11 (34) | 10 (32) | |||||||
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Other | 2 (7) | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | |||||||
| Employment status (employed), n (%) | 27 (77) | 34 (77) | .99 | 34 (74) | 29 (69) | .61 | 27 (87) | 30 (77) | .28 | 23 (72) | 23 (74) | .84 | ||||
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<1500 | 8 (23) | 11 (25) | .52 | 13 (28) | 15 (36) | .65 | 11 (36) | 13 (33) | .38 | 9 (28) | 9 (29) | .67 | |||
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1500-3000 | 17 (49) | 16 (36) | 23 (50) | 17 (41) | 9 (29) | 17 (44) | 15 (47) | 17 (55) | |||||||
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>3000 | 10 (29) | 17 (39) | 10 (22) | 10 (24) | 11 (36) | 9 (56) | 8 (25) | 5 (16) | |||||||
aONL1: online therapy in the equivalence study.
bF2F: face-to-face therapy in the equivalence study.
cONL2: online therapy in the superiority study.
dCAU: care as usual in the superiority study.
eCompleters: study participants who completed the questionnaires.
fDropouts: study participants who dropped out from the study and did not complete the questionnaires.
gA currency exchange rate of €1=US $1.16 is applicable.