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Table 2 Changes between measurements made before and after the intervention

From: Treatment of depression and/or anxiety – outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of the tree theme method® versus regular occupational therapy

 

The TTM group

The other occupational therapy group

Comparisons of changes between groups

 

Baseline Median (IQR)

After completing the intervention Median (IQR)

Change Median (IQR)

p-value

Baseline Median (IQR)

After completing the intervention Median (IQR)

Change Median (IQR)

P-value

p-value

Primary outcomes

COPM

 Performance

4(3, 5)

5 (3, 6)

0 (0,1)

≤ .01

3 (3,5)

5 (3,6)

0 (1,2)

≤ .01

.60

 Satisfaction

2 (2, 4)

4 (2, 6)

1 (0, 2)

≤ .01

3 (2, 4)

5 (3, 6)

1 (0, 2)

≤ .01

.59

SDO

 Activity level

7 (6, 8)

7 (6, 9)

0 (−1, 1)

≤ .01

8 (6, 9)

8 (6, 10)

0 (−1, 2)

≤ .01

.65

 Satisfaction score

63 (50, 76)

65 (53, 77)

3 (− 8, 11)

.21

62 (53, 69)

64 (57, 72)

5 (−5, 11)

.02

.34

OBQ

23 (17, 30)

30 (21, 38)

5 (0, 12)

≤ .01

22 (15, 30)

30 (21, 37)

6 (2, 9)

≤ .01

1.00

SCL-90-R symptom scales

 Depression

83 (71, 91)

73 (58, 87)

−8 (−13, 2)

≤ .01

81 (70, 91)

71 (57, 90)

−2 (−15, 3)

≤ .01

.34

 Anxiety

81(68, 93)

71 (53, 91)

−7 (−14, 4)

≤ .01

82 (67, 100)

78 (61, 93)

−7 (−16, 5)

.01

.73

SCL-90-R indexes

 GSI

81 (69, 96)

72 (59, 89)

−6 (− 14, 2)

≤ .01

79 (68, 95)

73 (58, 90)

−4 (−13, 2)

≤ .01

.74

 Positive symptoms

71 (65, 86)

65 (56, 78)

 

≤ .01

70 (63, 77)

67 (55, 74)

 

≤ .01

.11

 Positive symptoms total

70 (63, 76)

66 (56, 76)

 

.01

72 (65, 79)

69 (61, 76)

 

≤ .01

.27

MADRS-S

25 (20, 30)

20 (11, 29)

−3 (−8, 1)

≤ .01

25 (20, 32)

20 (14, 27)

−4 (−10, 0)

≤ .01

.46

HADS

 HADS-A

14 (10, 17)

12 (8, 15)

−2 (−5, 1)

≤ .01

14 (11, 16)

12 (9, 15)

−1 (−4, 1)

≤ .01

.63

 HADS-D

10 (7, 13)

8 (3, 12)

−2 (−4, 0)

≤ .01

10 (7, 14)

7 (5, 11)

−2 (−4, 0)

≤ .01

1.00

Secondary outcomes

SOC

47 (39, 55)

50 (44, 62)

5 (−1, 11)

≤ .01

46 (41, 57)

52 (46, 59)

2 (−4, 9)

.04

.23

Mastery

18 (16, 20)

18 (16, 22)

0 (−1, 2)

.03

17 (16, 19)

18 (16, 21)

1 (−2, 3)

.09

.94

MANSA

47 (37, 52)

50 (38, 61)

2 (−2, 6)

.02

45 (35, 52)

50 (39, 55)

3 (−1, 8)

.01

.75

HAq-II

 HAq-II OTs’

86 (80, 92)

96 (90, 106)

11 (7, 16)

≤ .01

85 (80, 90)

94 (90, 102)

9 (6, 15)

≤ .01

.27

 HAq-II patients’

99 (93, 105)

106 (99, 111)

4 (−1, 10)

≤ .01

95 (91, 101)

102 (94, 107)

4 (0, 11)

≤ .01

.99

CSQ

 

26 (23, 30)

   

26 (24, 30)

  

.96

  1. The IQR (interquartile range) shows the difference between the 25th and 75th percentiles, that is, it contains the central 50% of the observations. TTM, Tree Theme Method; COPM, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure; SDO, Satisfaction with Daily Occupations; OBQ, Occupational Balance Questionnaire; SCL-90-R, Symptom Checklist-90-R; GSI, Global Symptom Index; MADRS-S, Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale divided into an Anxiety subscale (HADS-A) and a Depression subscale (HADS-D); SOC, Sense of Coherence measure; MANSA, Manchester Short Assessment of quality of life; HAq-II, Helping Alliance questionnaire; CSQ, Client Satisfaction Questionnaire