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Table 4 Within-group comparisons

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Randomized controlled trial for selective preventive transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents at risk for emotional disorders

Measures

Baseline/pre-treatment mean (SD)

Post-treatment mean (SD)

6-month F-U mean (SD)

Post-booster mean (SD)

Effect size (d de Cohen/pearson's r)

Primary outcome measures

    

Pre-Post-treatment

Pre-6-months Follow-Up

Pre-Post-booster

Post-treatment-6-months Follow-Up

Post-treatment-Post-booster

6-months Follow-Up- Post-booster

Self-Report SDQ

ACC

2.68 (1.78)

2.57 (1.69)

2.93 (2.15)

2.89 (2.34)

      

PROCARE

2.86 (1.84)

2.27 (2.04)

2.32 (1.84)

1.84 (1.78)

0.31b2**

0.25b1*

0.39b2**

  

0.28b1*

PROCARE + 

2.96 (1.42)

1.61 (1.44)

1.85 (1.5)

1.48 (1.55)

0.66b3***

0.50b3***

0.58b3***

  

0.31b2*

Parent SDQ

ACC

3.53 (2.43)

2.53 (2.19)

2.76 (2.02)

2.68 (1.92)

0.49b2***

0.36b2**

0.45b2**

   

PROCARE

3.47 (2.41)

2.28 (1.71)

2.42 (1.67)

1.88 (1.56)

0.47b2***

0.41b2**

0.57b3***

 

0.31b2**

0.38b2**

PROCARE + 

2.94 (1.98)

1.48 (1.61)

1.51 (1.59)

1.20 (1.41)

0.62b3***

0.55b3***

0.66b3***

  

0.29b1*

CD-RISC

ACC

20.10 (10.33)

27.23 (6.55)

26.19 (5.48)

26.91 (6.34)

0.60b3***

0.50b3***

0.49b2***

   

PROCARE

19.03 (10.76)

27.93 (6.95)

28.83 (7.62)

29.11 (5.89)

0.60b3***

0.65b3***

0.65b3***

   

PROCARE + 

19.70 (10.51)

29.33 (6.11)

30.07 (6.60)

32.62 (5.81)

0.68b3***

0.66b3***

0.76b3***

 

0.48b2***

0.53b3***

KIDSCREEN

ACC

36.19 (5.28)

36.89 (6)

35.53 (6.57)

36.12 (5.97)

   

0.28b1*

  

PROCARE

36.66 (5.86)

38.42 (5.88)

38.32 (6.05)

38.79 (6.22)

0.28a1*

0.26a1*

0.32a1*

   

PROCARE + 

36.63 (5.33)

38.44 (5.82)

38.50 (5.87)

40.46 (5.76)

0.35b2***

0.33a1*

0.73a2***

 

0.37b2**

0.46a1***

Secondary outcome measures

 DERS

ACC

79.55 (24.72)

80.95 (24.26)

77.59 (20.48)

76.87 (21.35)

      

PROCARE

77.06 (18.22)

74.83 (22.22)

70.76 (20.7)

67.22 (21.84)

 

0.30a1*

0.45a1***

 

0.40b2**

0.28a1*

PROCARE + 

78.77 (20.06)

72.00 (18.29)

68.07 (17.54)

64.87 (18.88)

0.37a1**

0.55a2***

0.62a2***

 

0.37a1**

0.28a1*

 WAM

ACC

39.87 (9.09)

40.63 (12.02)

41.72 (10.89)

42.46 (11.81)

  

0.28a1*

   

PROCARE

39.23 (9.68)

44.06 (10.99)

44.93 (11.52)

44.08 (11.3)

0.60a2***

0.60a2***

0.44a1***

   

PROCARE + 

40.24 (8.53)

44.51 (9.83)

43.01 (10.19)

46.14 (9.76)

0.38b1***

0.26a1*

0.50a2***

  

0.41a1**

 RCADS (Total)

ACC

26.61 (11.6)

21.06 (9.05)

21.55 (11.09)

21.00 (12.75)

0.39a1**

0.39a1**

0.36b2*

   

PROCARE

28.89 (12.18)

18.91 (10.97)

19.03 (11.35)

15.49 (9.98)

0.66a2***

0.62a2***

0.80a3***

 

0.33a1*

0.43a1***

PROCARE + 

28.53 (13.26)

17.61 (10.53)

17.48 (9.41)

14.35 (9.59)

0.67b3***

0.58b3***

0.63b3***

 

0.32a1**

0.51b3***

 RCADS (GAD)

ACC

6.25 (2.37)

5.72 (2.81)

6.19 (3.34)

5.70 (3.7)

     

0.30b2*

PROCARE

6.15 (2.23)

5.64 (3.26)

5.72 (3.34)

4.62 (2.65)

  

0.43b2***

 

0.28b1*

0.39b2*

PROCARE + 

6.51 (2.01)

5.94 (3.23)

5.57 (2.82)

4.57 (3.05)

 

0.26b1*

0.50b3***

 

0.52a2***

0.42a1**

 RCADS (SoP)

ACC

5.63 (3.15)

5.00 (3.21)

5.12 (3.69)

5.17 (3.37)

      

PROCARE

7.03 (3.39)

4.94 (3.30)

5.06 (5.06)

4.28 (2.95)

0.43b2***

0.39b2**

0.51b3***

  

0.29b1*

PROCARE + 

7.20 (3.95)

3.94 (2.89)

4.24 (2.90)

3.38 (2.74)

0.67b3***

0.55b3***

0.64b3***

  

0.42b2**

 RCADS (PD)

ACC

2.82 (2.64)

1.89 (2.00)

1.85 (2.11)

1.91 (2.77)

  

0.28b1*

   

PROCARE

3.01 (3.04)

1.40 (1.76)

1.40 (1.89)

.98 (1.94)

0.39b2**

0.39b2**

0.49b2***

 

0.24b1*

0.29b1*

PROCARE + 

3.22 (3.19)

1.20 (2.07)

1.03 (1.40)

.61 (.959)

0.56b3***

0.58b3***

0.63b3***

 

0.27b1*

0.36b2**

 RCADS (MDD)

ACC

4.70 (2.82)

4.08 (2.37)

3.87 (2.78)

3.95 (2.57)

      

PROCARE

4.98 (2.38)

2.98 (2.30)

3.10 (2.45)

2.71 (2.18)

0.61b3***

0.50b3***

0.57b3***

   

PROCARE + 

4.72 (3.18)

2.61 (2.08)

2.72 (2.08)

2.42 (2.12)

0.55b3***

0.48b2***

0.51b3***

   

 RCADS (SAD)

ACC

2.95 (3.20)

1.25 (1.77)

1.27 (2.01)

1.36 (2.24)

0.46b2***

0.57b3***

0.46b2**

   

PROCARE

3.13 (2.80)

1.40 (1.50)

1.05 (1.69)

.76 (1.48)

0.54b3***

0.59b3***

0.61b3***

 

0.40b2**

0.29b1*

PROCARE + 

3.07 (3.18)

.81 (1.33)

.92 (1.63)

.62 (1.37)

0.67b3***

0.58b3***

0.62b3***

   

 RCADS (OCD)

ACC

3.27 (1.76)

3.36 (2.26)

3.19 (2.24)

2.89 (2.39)

      

PROCARE

3.54 (2.20)

2.81 (2.20)

2.57 (2.19)

2.06 (2.01)

0.29b1*

0.36b2**

0.52b3***

 

0.35b2**

0.33b2**

PROCARE + 

3.61 (1.91)

3.05 (2.63)

2.53 (2.33)

2.07 (2.16)

0.25b1*

0.40b2**

0.52b3***

 

0.43b2**

0.31b2*

  1. Self-Report SDQ The strengths and difficulties questionnaire (Adolescents). Emotional problems subscale), Parent SDQ The strengths and difficulties questionnaire (Parents). Emotional problems subscale, CD-RISC 10-item Connor-Davidson resilience, KIDSCREEN KIDSCREEN-10 index, DERS Difficulties in emotion regulation scale, WAM Willingness & action measure for children and adolescents, RCADS (Total) Revised children’s anxiety and depression scale. Total score, RCADS (GAD): RCADS Generalized anxiety disorder subscale, RCADS (SoP) RCADS Social phobia subscale, RCADS (PD) RCADS Panic disorder subscale, RCADS (MDD) RCADS Major depressive disorder subscale, RCADS (SAD) RCADS Separation anxiety disorder subscale, RCADS (OCD) RCADS Obsessive compulsive disorder subscale
  2. Effect size: Cohen’s d small (a1) = 0.2, medium (a2) = 0.5, large (a3) = 0.8
  3. Effect size: Pearson’s r (non-parametric): small (b1) = 0.1, medium (b2) = 0.3, large (b3) = 0.5
  4. *p ≤ .05
  5. **p ≤ .01
  6. ***p ≤ .001