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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Minimal clinically important differences for the EQ-5D and QWB-SA in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): results from a Doubly Randomized Preference Trial (DRPT)

 

NO-CHOICE (RANDOMIZATION)

  

CHOICE

 

TOTAL

 

PE

SER

Subtotal

PE

SER

Subtotal

 

Number of Patients (%)

55

48

103

61

36

97

200

Age in years, mean (SD)

36.2 (11.4)

38.9 (11.3)

37.5 (11.4)

37.1 (11.3)

38.3 (11.4)

37.5 (11.3)

37.5 (11.3)

Gender (%)

   Female

78.2%

79.2%

78.6%

75.4%

69.4%

73.2%

76.0%

   Male

21.8%

20.8%

21.4%

24.6%

30.6%

26.8%

24.0%

Education (College Educated) (%)

38.2%

23.0%

31.1%

42.6%

22.2%

35.1%

33.0%

PTSD Severity (PSS-I), mean (SD)

29.7 (7.1)

29.6 (6.3)

29.7 (6.7)

29.1 (6.8)

30.0 (6.7)

29.5 (6.7)

29.6 (6.7)

   Re-experiencing, mean (SD)

7.8 (2.7)

7.5 (3.0)

7.7 (2.9)

7.3 (2.7)

7.5 (2.8)

7.4 (2.7)

7.5 (2.8)

   Avoidance, mean (SD)

12.3 (3.8)

11.9 (3.4)

12.1 (3.6)

12.2 (3.1)

12.4 (3.1)

12.3 (3.1)

12.2 (3.3)

   Hyperarousal, mean (SD)

9.6 (3.3)

10.2 (2.5)

9.9 (2.9)

9.6 (2.9)

10.1 (3.1)

9.8 (3.0)

9.8 (3.0)

CGI-S, mean (SD)

4.6 (1.0)

4.5 (0.9)

4.6 (1.0)

4.6 (1.1)

4.4 (0.9)

4.5 (1.0)

4.6 (1.0)

EQ-5D, mean (SD)

0.67 (0.18)

0.60 (0.21)

0.61 (0.20)

0.65 (0.17)

0.56 (0.19)

0.62 (0.18)

0.63 (0.19)

QWB-SA, mean (SD)

0.58 (0.11)

0.57 (0.10)

0.57 (0.11)

0.56 (0.10)

0.59 (0.11)

0.57 (0.10)

0.57 (0.11)

  1. SER, Pharmacotherapy with sertraline; PE, Prolonged Exposure Therapy; PTSD, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; PSS-I, PTSD Symptom Scale-Interview; CGI-S, Clinical Global Impression-Severity; EQ-5D, EuroQol Group-5 Dimensions; QWB-SA, Quality of Well-Being-Self Administration.