Emotional crisis in a naturalistic context: characterizing outpatient profiles and treatment effectiveness

BMC Psychiatry

Table 5 Results of the comparisons between intake and discharge

	Intake		Discharge		Statistics Wilcoxon Z value	N	p	Effect size
	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	Statistics Wilcoxon Z value	N	p	Effect size
Psychiatric Symptoms
BPRS-4.0
Reality distortion	1.80	(0.80)	1.53	(0.73)	−3.86	137	0.001*	0.33
Activation	1.42	(0.68)	1.33	(0.56)	−1.56	137	0.119	0.13
Apathy	1.52	(0.55)	1.36	(0.45)	−3.55	137	0.004	0.30
Mood disturbance	3.41	(0.78)	2.45	(0.83)	−8.73	137	< 0.001*	0.74
Disorganization	1.16	(0.34)	1.08	(0.23)	−2.66	137	0.007	0.22
Somatization	2.06	(0.76)	1.63	(0.60)	−5.74	137	< 0.001*	0.49
SCL-90-R
Somatization	1.40	(0.89)	0.92	(0.94)	−6.10	123	< 0.001*	0.55
Obsession compulsion	1.82	(0.84)	1.21	(0.96)	−6.83	123	< 0.001*	0.62
Interpersonal vulnerability	1.38	(0.92)	0.99	(0.94)	−5.87	123	< 0.001*	0.53
Depression	2.13	(0.83)	1.30	(0.95)	−7.84	123	< 0.001*	0.71
Anxiety	1.52	(0.83)	0.93	(0.86)	−7.18	123	< 0.001*	0.65
Hostility	0.98	(0.87)	0.58	(0.69)	−5.70	123	< 0.001*	0.52
Phobic anxiety	0.97	(0.83)	0.68	(0.85)	−4.42	123	< 0.001*	0.40
Paranoid	1.38	(0.95)	1.00	(0.93)	−5.67	123	< 0.001*	0.52
Psychoticism	0.82	(0.61)	0.58	(0.66)	−5.32	123	< 0.001*	0.49
Defense mechanisms
DSQ-40
Mature	5.31	(1.30)	5.81	(1.49)	−2.98	71	0.004	0.36
Neurotic	4.55	(1.41)	4.37	(1.14)	−1.14	71	0.260	0.14
Immature	4.17	(1.03)	3.83	(0.93)	−3.24	71	0.001*	0.39
Recovery Style
RSQ	63.31	(17.15)	70.70	(15.44)	−4.79	108	< 0.001*	0.47
Global functioning
GAF	52.46	(11.07)	63.00	(12.74)	−6.78	106	< 0.001*	0.66

BPRS-4.0 Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale version 4.0, SCL-90-R Symptom Checklist – Revised, DSQ-40 Defense Style Questionnaire 40 items, RSQ Recovery Style Questionnaire, GAF Global Assessment Functioning
*p < 0.05 after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparison

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