Step-down versus outpatient psychotherapeutic treatment for personality disorders: 6-year follow-up of the Ullevål personality project

Table 3 Fixed effects estimates in the linear mixed model for psychosocial function from baseline to 3 years and from 3–6 years

Outcome	Fixed effects	Estimates¹	SE	95% CI
GAF	Main effect group
	Outpatient group	0.63	0.86	-1.07, 2.33
	Step-down group	0 (Ref)
	Main effect time
	Time ≤ 3- years	0.28***	0.05	0.18, 0.37
	Time > 3- years	0.14*	0.06	0.14, 0.26
	Interaction, group x time ≤ 3- years
	Outpatient group	0.21**	0.73	0.06, 0.36
	Step-down group	0 (Ref)
	Interaction, group x time > 3- years
	Outpatient group	-0.38***	0.10	-0.67, -0.18
	Step-down group	0 (Ref)
WSAS	Main effect group
	Outpatient group	-1.50	1.53	-4.55, 1.55
	Step-down group	0 (Ref)
	Main effect time
	Time ≤ 3- years	-0.06	0.03	-0.12, 0.01
	Time > 3- years	-0.14*	0.04	-0.23, 0.05
	Interaction, group x time ≤ 3- years
	Outpatient group	-0.10	0.05	-0.20, 0.004
	Step-down group	0 (Ref)
	Interaction, group x time > 3- years
	Outpatient group	0.25***	0.07	0.11, 0.38
	Step-down group	0 (Ref)

Note. GAF: Global Assessment of Functioning; WSAS: Work and Social Adjustment Scale.
¹The time unit is one month. *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001.

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