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Table 4 Within-group comparisons

From: 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 (Cohen's d/ Pearson's r)

      

Pre-post-treatment

Post-treatment-6-months Follow-Up

6 months follow-up- post-booster

Primary Outcome Measures

Self-Report SDQ

ACC

2.68 (1.78)

2.57 (1.69)

2.94 (2.15)

2.89 (2.34)

   

PROCARE

3.06 (1.80)

2.39 (2.08)

2.41 (1.82)

1.98 (1.81)

0.34b2***

  

PROCARE + 

2.88 (1.40)

1.63 (1.46)

1.92 (1.49)

1.52 (1.57)

0.65b3***

 

0.34b2**

Parent SDQ

ACC

3.53 (2.43)

2.53 (2.20)

2.77 (2.02)

2.68 (1.92)

0.49b2***

  

PROCARE

3.72 (2.37)

2.44 (1.69)

2.54 (1.69)

2.02 (1.56)

0.49b2***

 

0.36b2***

PROCARE + 

2.98 (2.01)

1.52 (1.63)

1.50 (1.63)

1.17 (1.42)

0.61b3***

 

0.30b2*

CD-RISC

ACC

25.47 (5.53)

27.23 (6.55)

26.19 (5.49)

26.91 (6.34)

  

0.16b1*

PROCARE

25.35 (5.32)

27.37 (6.96)

28.33 (7.63)

28.56 (5.76)

0.29a1***

  

PROCARE + 

26.50 (5.50)

29.31 (6.23)

29.92 (6.64)

32.69 (5.76)

0.48b2***

 

0.65a2***

KIDSCREEN

ACC

36.19 (5.29)

36.89 (6.01)

35.53 (6.57)

36.13 (5.97)

   

PROCARE

35.72 (5.14)

37.83 (5.78)

38.11 (5.83)

38.48 (6.06)

0.33a1*

  

PROCARE + 

36.46 (5.30)

38.38 (5.85)

38.48 (5.72)

40.48 (5.66)

0.37b2**

 

0.46a1***

Secondary outcome measures

 DERS

ACC

79.55 (24.73)

80.96 (24.26)

77.60 (20.49)

76.87 (21.36)

   

PROCARE

78.89 (17.91)

77.07 (21.83)

72.30 (20.45)

68.74 (21.55)

  

0.27a1*

PROCARE + 

78.33 (20.32)

71.65 (18.21)

68.31 (17.48)

64.50 (18.24)

0.37a1**

 

0.35a1**

 WAM

ACC

39.87 (9.10)

40.64 (12.02)

41.72 (10.89)

42.47 (11.82)

   

PROCARE

38.69 (9.35)

44.13 (11.19)

45.02 (11.67)

43.72 (11.38)

0.67a2***

  

PROCARE + 

39.90 (8.33)

44.23 (9.90)

42.54 (9.82)

45.87 (9.63)

0.38b2**

 

0.44a1***

 RCADS (Total)

ACC

19.55 (8.01)

21.06 (9.05)

21.55 (11.09)

21.00 (12.75)

   

PROCARE

22.24 (8.52)

19.41 (11.02)

19.67 (11.60)

16.19 (10.11)

  

0.41a1*

PROCARE + 

21.54 (8.94)

17.50 (10.72)

17.52 (9.60)

14.44 (9.76)

0.45b2***

 

0.50a2***

 RCADS (GAD)

ACC

6.04 (2.59)

5.72 (2.82)

6.19 (3.34)

5.70 (3.70)

   

PROCARE

6.20 (2.62)

5.67 (3.30)

5.87 (3.41)

4.78 (2.65)

  

0.38b2***

PROCARE + 

7.13 (2.51)

5.88 (3.28)

5.56 (2.87)

4.56 (3.11)

0.37a1**

 

0.42a1***

 RCADS (SoP)

ACC

4.66 (2.72)

5.00 (3.21)

5.13 (3.70)

5.17 (3.38)

   

PROCARE

6.02 (3.49)

4.96 (3.31)

5.17 (3.25)

4.43 (2.99)

   

PROCARE + 

5.27 (3.16)

3.96 (2.93)

4.23 (2.88)

3.38 (2.75)

0.39b2**

 

0.41b2***

 RCADS (PD)

ACC

1.34 (1.61)

1.89 (2.00)

1.85 (2.12)

1.91 (2.77)

   

PROCARE

1.26 (1.26)

1.48 (1.79)

1.44 (1.88)

1.02 (2.00)

  

0.29b1*

PROCARE + 

1.38 (1.62)

1.23 (2.11)

1.06 (1.42)

0.63 (0.97)

  

0.36b2**

 RCADS (MDD)

ACC

3.45 (2.19)

4.09 (2.38)

3.87 (2.79)

3.96 (2.57)

0.31b2*

  

PROCARE

3.98 (2.12)

3.09 (2.27)

3.26 (2.47)

2.91 (2.17)

0.39b3**

  

PROCARE + 

3.15 (1.93)

2.62 (2.13)

2.75 (2.09)

2.46 (2.14)

   

 RCADS (SAD)

ACC

1.32 (1.73)

1.26 (1.78)

1.28 (2.02)

1.36 (2.24)

   

PROCARE

1.57 (1.81)

1.35 (1.46)

1.11 (1.76)

0.83 (1.54)

  

0.28b1*

PROCARE + 

1.56 (2.52)

0.77 (1.28)

0.96 (1.66)

0.65 (1.40)

0.44b2***

  

 RCADS (OCD)

ACC

2.74 (1.92)

3.36 (2.27)

3.19 (2.24)

2.89 (2.40)

   

PROCARE

3.20 (2.40)

2.93 (2.24)

2.70 (2.21)

2.17 (2.06)

  

0.35b1**

PROCARE + 

3.04 (2.32)

3.00 (2.67)

2.50 (2.37)

2.08 (2.19)

  

0.30b2*

  1. Note: 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
  3. Effect size: Pearson’s r (non-parametric): small (b1) = 0.1. medium (b2) = 0.3. large (b3) = 0.5
  4. *p ≤ 0.05.
  5. **p ≤ 0.01
  6. ***p ≤ 0.001
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