Table 5.
Supplementary analysis (matched data) of treatment outcomes in different treatment groups: Primary outcomes.
| Available data | Intent to treat data (n = 16) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tbaseline | Tpost-treatment | Tpost-treatment | |||||||||||
| Measure | Group | N | M(SD) | N | M(SD) | da | p | M(SD) | da | p | ANOVAb | Factor | p |
| PCL-C Total score | DBT-PTSD | 16 | 65.4 (7.48) | 6 | 50.7 (12.6) | 1.39 | .019 | 59.1 (11.6) | 0.58 | .036 | F(1,30) = 13.46 | Time | <.001 |
| TAU | 16 | 66.8 (7.86) | 10 | 61.5 (7.17) | 1.27 | .003 | 61.2 (6.89) | 0.79 | .006 | F(1,30) = 0.456 | Group | .848 | |
| dc | 1.14 | .044 | 0.22 | .544 | F(1,30) = 0.037 | Gr. x ti. | .505 | ||||||
| PCL-C Re-experiencing | DBT-PTSD | 16 | 3.51 (0.89) | 6 | 2.83 (1.08) | 0.95 | .067 | 3.21 (0.98) | 0.48 | .075 | F(1,30) = 8.117 | Time | .008 |
| TAU | 16 | 4.13 (0.78) | 10 | 4.10 (0.40) | 0.82 | .039 | 3.90 (0.71) | 0.58 | .034 | F(1,30) = 5.244 | Group | .029 | |
| dc | 1.75 | .004 | 0.81 | .030 | F(1,30) = 0.166 | Gr. x ti. | .687 | ||||||
| PCL-C Numbing/ avoidance | DBT-PTSD | 16 | 4.99 (0.62) | 6 | 3.67 (0.98) | 1.53 | .013 | 4.42 (0.97) | 0.60 | .030 | F(1,30) = 7.173 | Time | .012 |
| TAU | 16 | 4.87 (1,04) | 10 | 4.79 (0.82) | 0.39 | .252 | 4.70 (0.95) | 0.30 | .244 | F(1.30) = 0.068 | Group | .796 | |
| dc | 1.27 | .027 | 0.29 | .422 | F(1,30) = 2.108 | Gr. x ti. | .157 | ||||||
| PCL-C Hyperarousal | DBT-PTSD | 16 | 4.30 (0.76) | 6 | 4.50 (0.96) | 1.44 | .017 | 3.83 (0.90) | 0.58 | .034 | F(1,30) = 11.29 | Time | .002 |
| TAU | 16 | 4.35 (0.68) | 10 | 3.96 (0.87) | 0.98 | .013 | 4.04 (0.80) | 0.67 | .017 | F(1,30) = 0.270 | Group | .607 | |
| dc | 0.79 | .149 | 0.25 | .484 | F(1,30) = 0.481 | Gr. x ti. | .493 | ||||||
| DES-II | DBT-PTSD | 16 | 36.9 (19.6) | 6 | 29.4 (14.2) | 1.42 | .018 | 32.3 (18.5) | 0.58 | .035 | F(1,30) = 3.551 | Time | .069 |
| TAU | 16 | 37.5 (14.8) | 10 | 39.9 (15.5) | 0.20 | .548 | 35.8 (15.1) | 0.16 | .537 | F(1,30) = 0.129 | Group | .722 | |
| dc | 0.70 | .198 | 0.21 | .557 | F(1,30) = 0.750 | Gr. x ti. | .393 | ||||||
| PTCI total score | DBT-PTSD | 16 | 144.4 (24.2) | 6 | 112.7 (31.6) | 1.39 | .019 | 128.5 (28.9) | 0.58 | .036 | F(1,30) = 7.66 | Time | .010 |
| TAU | 16 | 147.3 (35.9) | 10 | 145.4 (32.9) | 0.50 | .150 | 139.7 (32.1) | 0.38 | .147 | F(1,30) = 0.500 | Group | .485 | |
| dc | 1.01 | .071 | 0.37 | .306 | F(1,30) = 0.984 | Gr. x ti. | .329 | ||||||
Note: DBT-PTSD = Dialectical Behavioural Therapy – Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, TAU = Treatment as usual, PCL-C = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version, DES-II = Dissosciative Experience Scale, PTCI = Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory.
a
Cohen’s d was computed using the pooled standard deviation of scores at admission (t1) and discharge (t2).
b
Repeated measures analysis of variance with intent to treat data.
c
Cohen’s d was computed using the pooled standard deviation of scores at discharge (t2) from the DBT-PTSD and TAU groups.