Rating | Groups and differences | Mean pre-treatment score (SE) | Mean post-treatment score (SE) | Difference (SE) | P-value | Effect size |
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Symptoms self-ratings | ||||||
HTQ | Sertraline | 3.24 (0.04) | 3.02 (0.06) | 0.22 (0.06) | <0.01** | 0.54 |
Venlafaxine | 3.18 (0.05) | 3.05 (0.06) | 0.13 (0.06) | 0.02* | 0.32 | |
Difference | 0.06 (0.06) | −0.03 (0.09) | 0.09 (0.08) | 0.27 | 0.22 | |
HSCL-25 | Sertraline | 3.03 (0. 05) | 2.85 (0.07) | 0.18 (0.07) | <0.01** | 0.39 |
Venlafaxine | 3.04 (0.05) | 2.94 (0.06) | 0.10 (0.05) | 0.05* | 0.22 | |
Difference | −0.01 (0.07) | −0.09 (0.09) | 0.08 (0.09) | 0.37 | 0.17 | |
SCL-90 | Sertraline | 2.40 (0.08) | 2.35 (0.10) | 0.05 (0.10) | 0.64 | 0.06 |
Venlafaxine | 2.50 (0.08) | 2.53 (0.09) | −0.03 (0.07) | 0.69 | 0.04 | |
Difference | −0.10 (0.10) | −0.18 (0.13) | 0.08 (0.12) | 0.54 | 0.10 | |
VAS | Sertraline | 6.38 (0.24) | 6.17 (0.28) | 0.21 (0.26) | 0.43 | 0.26 |
Venlafaxine | 6.61 (0.24) | 6.68 (0.24) | −0.07 (0.20) | 0.72 | 0.03 | |
Difference | −0.23 (0.34) | −0.51 (0.36) | 0.28 (0.33) | 0.40 | 0.12 | |
Life quality/level of functioning self-ratings | ||||||
WHO-5 | Sertraline | 12.73 (1.36) | 22.21 (2.67) | −9.48 (2.42) | <0.01** | 0.65 |
Venlafaxine | 15.00 (1.64) | 17.75 (2.24) | −2.75 (2.16) | 0.20 | 0.19 | |
Difference | −2.27 (2.13) | 4.46 (3.49) | 6.73 (3.24) | 0.04* | 0.47 | |
SDS | Sertraline | 24.65 (0.53) | 21.81 (0.88) | 2.84 (0.85) | <0.01** | 0.48 |
Venlafaxine | 22.71 (0.69) | 23.20 (0.79) | −0.49 (0.86) | 0.57 | 0.08 | |
Difference | 1.93 (0.87)* | −1.39 (1.17) | 3.32 (1.21) | <0.01** | 0.56 | |
SAS-SR | Sertraline | 2.93. (0.07) | 2.68 (0.08) | 0.25 (0.07) | <0.01** | 0.36 |
Venlafaxine | 2.96 (0.07) | 2.80 (0.0.08) | 0.16 (0.08) | 0.04* | 0.23 | |
Difference | −0.03 (0.10) | −0.12 (0.11) | 0.09 (0.11) | 0.39 | 0.13 | |
CSS | Sertraline | 22.34 (0.89) | 22.89 (0.80) | −0.55 (0.79) | 0.48 | 0.07 |
Venlafaxine | 22.14 (0.76) | 22.40 (0.79) | −0.26 (0.73) | 0.72 | 0.03 | |
Difference | 0.20 (1.17) | 0.49 (1.13) | 0.29 (1.07) | 0.79 | 0.04 | |
Observer ratings | ||||||
HAM-D | Sertraline | 23.69 (0.55) | 22.33 (0.85) | 1.36 (0.79) | 0.08 | 0.24 |
Venlafaxine | 23.69 (0.62) | 22.46 (0.89) | 1.23 (0.82) | 0.13 | 0.22 | |
Difference | 0.00 (0.83) | −0.13 (1.23) | 0.13 (1.14) | 0.91 | 0.02 | |
HAM-A | Sertraline | 26.74 (0.68) | 26.41 (1.04) | 0.33 (0.97) | 0.73 | 0.05 |
Venlafaxine | 27.14 (0.72) | 26.05 (1.05) | 1.09 (1.00) | 0.28 | 0.16 | |
Difference | −0.40 (0.99) | 0.36 (1.49) | −0.76 (1.39) | 0.58 | 0.11 | |
GAF-S | Sertraline | 47.43 (0.57) | 51.33 (0.93) | −3.90 (0.79) | <0.01** | 0.68 |
Venlafaxine | 48.14 (0.61) | 51.82 (0.94) | −3.68 (1.03) | <0.01** | 0.64 | |
Difference | −0.70 (0.83) | −0.48 (1.32) | 0.22 (1.29) | 0.86 | 0.04 | |
GAF-F | Sertraline | 48.37 (0.68) | 50.28 (0.92) | −1.91 (0.79) | 0.02* | 0.29 |
Venlafaxine | 49.04 (0.68) | 51.91 (0.96) | −2.87 (0.89) | <0.01** | 0.43 | |
Difference | −0.67 (0.97) | −1.63 (1.33) | 0.96 (1.19) | 0.42 | 0.06 |