Comparison of the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and paroxetine treatment in PTSD patients: Design of a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Overview of instruments per assessment time point

	Baseline (T0)	Treatment	1-week follow-up (T1)	3-month follow-up (T2)	6-month follow-up (T3)	12-month follow-up (T4)	18-month follow-up (T5)
Instruments
Clinical instruments
CAPS	X		X	X	X	X	X
CGI	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
M.I.N.I.- Plus	X		X	X	X	X	X
Self-report instruments
TiC-P	X		X	X	X	X	X
WHOQOL	X		X	X	X	X	X
EQ-6D	X		X	X	X	X	X
Preference	X
HADS	X		X	X	X	X	X
LEC	X		X	X	X	X	X
IES-R	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Smoking Screen	X		X	X	X	X	X
AUDIT	X		X	X	X	X	X
SHC	X		X	X	X	X	X
MMAS		X

CAPS: Clinician Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (Blake et al., 1995); CGI: Clinical Global Impression scale (Guy, 1976); M.I.N.I.-Plus: MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus (Sheehan et al., 1998); TiC-P: Trimbos/iMTA questionnaire for Costs associated with Psychiatric illness (Hakkaart-Van Roijen et al., 2002); WHOQOL: World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL GROUP, 1998); EQ-6D: Euoqol 6-Dimensions (Hoeymans et al., 2005); HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983); LEC: Life of Events Checklist; IES-R: Impact of Event Scale-Revised (Weiss & Marmar, 1997); AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; SHC: Social Health Complaints Inventory (Ursin et al., 1988; Eriksen et al., 1999); MMAS: Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (Morisky et al., 2008).

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