A randomised controlled trial of mentalization-based treatment versus structured clinical management for patients with comorbid borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder

Table 4 Changes in global functioning (GAF), problems in interpersonal relationships (IIP) and social adjustment (SAS)

	GAF (DSM)					IIP total					SAS total
	Unadjusted observed mean (SD)					Unadjusted observed mean (SD)					Unadjusted observed mean (SD)
	MBT		SCM		t	MBT (n = 21)		SCM (n = 19)		t	MBT (n = 21)		SCM (n = 19)		t
Baseline	38.57 (n = 21)	(9.09)	39.74 (n = 19)	(8.38)	0.42	2.04	(0.62)	2.11	(0.41)	0.43	2.71	(0.41)	2.81	(0.41)	0.78
6 months						1.87	(0.58)	2.03	(0.40)	1.04	2.53	(0.62)	2.72	(0.49)	1.06
12 months						1.66	(0.51)	2.01	(0.56)	2.06*	2.05	(0.41)	2.63	(0.44)	4.31***
18 months	62.71 (n = 21)	(16.66)	51.39 (n = 18)	(12.06)	-2.39**	1.33	(0.48)	1.76	(0.44)	2.94**	1.69	(0.45)	2.27	(0.51)	3.78***
	Adjusted model coefficients (95 % CI)					Adjusted model coefficients (95 % CI)					Adjusted model coefficients (95 % CI)
Model: Wald χ²	107.57 (df = 3)^b					57.47*** (df = 3)^b					82.53*** (df = 4)^a
Linear change (both groups)	3.82***		(2.01, 5.63)			-0.11**		(-0.18, -0.04)			-0.22***		(-0.35, -0.10)
Quadratic change (both groups)
Differential linear change (MBT)	4.22**		(1.75, 6.70)			-0.13*		(-0.23, -0.03)			-0.19*		(-0.36 -0.02)
Group differences at 18 months	11.51**		(4.13, 18.89)			-0.44**		(-0.73, -0.16)			-0.60***		(-0.88, -0.33)

MBT Mentalization-Based Treatment, SCM Structured Clinical Management, t t-test for independent samples, χ² chi-squared, CI confidence interval, df: degrees of freedom
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
^amixed-effects linear regression with random slope
^bmixed-effects linear regression with random intercept

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