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Table 1 Sample characteristics before treatment start

From: Cost-effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy vs. enhanced usual care in the treatment of adolescents with self-harm

 

DBT-A (N = 39)

EUC (N = 38)

Total sample (N = 77)

N

%a

N

%a

N

%a

Female sex

34

87.2

34

89.5

68

88.3

Child protection (current)

6

15.4

7

18.4

13

16.9

Child protection (past)

10

26.3

11

28.9

21

27.6

Past psychiatric treatment

28

73.7

23

62.2

51

68.0

Past inpatient psychiatric treatment

3

8.6

3

7.9

6

7.8

Current DSM-IV Axis I and II diagnoses

 Major depression

9

23.1

8

21.1

17

22.1

 Other depressive disorder

16

41.0

13

34.2

29

37.7

 Panic disorder

2

5.1

5

13.2

7

9.1

 Posttraumatic stress disorder

7

17.9

6

15.8

13

16.9

 Any anxiety disorder

18

46.2

15

39.5

33

42.9

 Any substance use disorder

1

2.6

1

2.6

2

2.6

 Any eating disorder

3

7.7

3

7.9

6

7.8

 Borderline personality disorder

10

26.3

5

14.3

15

20.5

Suicide attempts, last 4 months (n)

11

28.2

9

23.7

20

26.0

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age (years)

15.9

1.4

15.3

1.6

15.6

1.5

C-GAS score

55.3

8.0

57.9

10.1

56.1

8.3

CBCL total, by parent (n)

69.6

11.0

68.4

8.9

69.0

9.8

Suicide attempts, lifetime (n)c

2.1

5.2

1.3

2.8

1.7

4.2

Non-suicidal self-harm, lifetime (n)b

49.5

159.5

25.0

45.5

34.0

88.0

  1. a Due to missing data in some cells there were slight variations in the percentage basis
  2. b Median and interquartile range
  3. c The median was zero for both groups. The interquartile ranges were 1.0 and 1.3 in the DBT and EUC group, respectively