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. 2022 Mar 24;13:845481. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.845481

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for outcome variables in the mhGAP and flash technique.

Methods Pre-measurement Post-measurement Follow-up Measurement Between Time Effect Size (η2) Between Groups Effect Size by the time (η2)
DASS-21; Mean (SD)
 Anxiety mhGAP 5.09 (3.58) 3.63 (2.57) 3.77 (2.99) 0.096 0.085*
Flash Technique 5.47 (2.23) 1.82 (1.38) 2.00 (1.76) 0.710*
 Depression mhGAP 6.04 (3.82) 4.50 (3.55) 4.50 (3.54) 0.173* 0.024
Flash Technique 5.58 (3.93) 2.88 (2.52) 3.11 (3.03) 0.385*
 Stress mhGAP 7.50 (3.29) 6.09 (2.54) 5.72 (3.25) 0.164* 0.019
Flash Technique 6.58 (2.59) 4.23 (2.99) 3.82 (2.62) 0.416*
Impact of Events Scale-Revised; Mean (SD)
 Intrusion mhGAP 12.04 (7.91) 7.77 (6.92) 7.13 (6.37) 0.375* 0.101*
Flash Technique 10.47 (5.16) 2.52 (2.45) 2.23 (2.94) 0.803*
 Avoidance mhGAP 10.54 (5.81) 7.31 (4.06) 6.36 (3.69) 0.359* 0.124*
Flash Technique 12.41 (6.44) 4.88 (2.80) 5.05 (4.03) 0.678*
 Hyperarousal mhGAP 9.59 (5.75) 6.81 (3.88) 6.13 (4.76) 0.242* 0.071
Flash Technique 8.82 (4.68) 3.35 (2.84) 2.58 (2.59) 0.708*
 Total mhGAP 32.18 (16.57) 21.90 (12.32) 19.63 (13.01) 0.422* 0.147*
Flash Technique 31.70 (14.03) 10.64 (7.16) 9.88 (8.63) 0.824*
WHOQOL-BREF; Mean (SD)
 General Health mhGAP 53.67 (19.14) 58.08 (19.23) 62.50 (20.25) 0.118 0.058
Flash Technique 55.83 (20.52) 70.83 (11.24) 71.66 (12.01) 0.487*
 Physical mhGAP 48.52 (7.99) 51.74 (8.38) 55.13 (4.11) 0.257* 0.024
Flash Technique 53.80 (10.83) 55.71 (7.49) 56.66 (8.41) 0.035
 Psychological mhGAP 56.86 (10.81) 57.10 (7.62) 58.57 (11.73) 0.013 0.106*
Flash Technique 55.55 (8.57) 64.72 (4.94) 65.27 (6.03) 0.495*
 Social relationships mhGAP 62.25 (25.53) 63.23 (25.35) 67.15 (21.54) 0.071 0.012
Flash Technique 56.11 (16.50) 61.11 (13.60) 62.77 (16.32) 0.126
 Environment mhGAP 63.23 (14.12) 65.63 (13.32) 66.74 (13.45) 0.059 0.007
Flash Technique 68.33 (10.94) 72.70 (9.55) 73.54 (9.29) 0.206*

mhGAP: Mental Health Gap Action Program, SD: Standard deviation, DASS-21: Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale-21, WHOQOL-BREF: World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Abbreviated Version.

*

p < 0.05.