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Table 1 Baseline demographic and diagnostic data in adolescents (N = 60) allocated to attachment based family therapy or treatment as usual

From: Effectiveness of attachment-based family therapy compared to treatment as usual for depressed adolescents in community mental health clinics

Variable

Treatment condition

ABFT (n = 30)

TAU (n = 30)

Age, years (SE)

 

15.03 (1.35)

14.77 (1.36)

Gender, % (n)

Female

90 (27)

83.3 (25)

Dropout, % (n)

Excluded

7 (2)

3.3 (1)

 

Drop out

10 (3)

13.3 (4)

Ethnicity, % (n)

Norwegian

100 (30)

96.7 (30)

 

Skandinavian other than Norwegian

0 (0)

3.3 (1)

Living with, % (n)

Both parents

29.6 (8)

36.7 (11)

 

Two home family

18.5 (5)

13.3 (4)

 

Father (and partner)

18.5 (5)

13.3 (4)

 

Mother (and partner)

33.3 (9)

33.3 (10)

 

Other

0 (0)

3.3 (1)

Psychiatric comorbidity, % (n)

Dysthmia

3.3 (1)

0 (0)

 

Any anxiety disordersa

43.3 (13)

46.7 (14)

 

Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

6.7 (2)

6.7 (2)

 

Externalizing disorder

0 (0)

13.4 (4)

 

PTSD

3.3 (1)

3.3 (1)

 

Eneuresis

3.3 (1)

6.7 (2)

 

No comorbidity

53.3 (16)

46.7 (14)

Depressive symptoms, mean (SD)

BDI-II

34.23 (7.34)

36.21 (9.84)

 

GRID- HAMD

21.87 (4.61)

21.92 (4.07)

  1. BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory II, GRID-HAMD GRID-Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
  2. aIncludes social phobia, specific phobia, agora phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety disorder NOS, obsessive compulsive disorder
  3. bIncludes oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder