Community-based mental health treatments for survivors of torture and militant attacks in Southern Iraq: a randomized control trial

Table 5 Change in scale scores comparing CPT intervention to control participants (N = 193)

	CPT Intervention (N = 154)		CPT Controls (N = 64)		Net Effect^a		Effect Size
	Score	95 % CI	Score	95 % CI	Score	95 % CI
Harvard Trauma Scale (ICC = 0.24)
Baseline	1.53	1.40 to 1.67	1.55	1.40 to 1.69
Follow Up	0.45	0.33 to 0.57	0.63	0.45 to 0.81
Pre-post change	−1.08	−1.26 to −0.90	−0.92	−1.09 to −0.74	−0.16	−0.31 to −0.02	0.41
HSCL Anxiety Scale (ICC = 0.13)
Baseline	1.53	1.37 to 1.68	1.58	1.41 to 1.75
Follow Up	0.50	0.41 to 0.60	0.70	0.53 to 0.88
Pre-post change	−1.02	−1.21 to −0.83	−0.88	−1.09 to −0.66	−0.14	−0.32 to 0.03	0.27
HSCL Depression Scale (ICC = 0.24)
Baseline	1.60	1.41 to 1.79	1.60	1.38 to 1.83
Follow Up	0.48	0.35 to 0.62	0.70	0.51 to 0.90
Pre-post change	−1.11	−1.36 to −0.87	−0.90	−1.10 to −0.70	−0.22	−0.38 to −0.05	0.40
Function Scale (ICC = 0.51)
Baseline	1.29	1.00 to 1.59	1.38	1.02 to 1.74
Follow Up	0.75	0.55 to 0.94	0.89	0.62 to 1.16
Pre-post change	−0.54	−0.75 to −0.33	−0.49	−0.72 to −0.27	−0.05	−0.25 to 0.15	0.07

SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, HSCL Hopkins Symptom Checklist
^a Model-estimated difference at post-test with CMHW as a random intercept

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