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Table 2 Mean values, standard deviations at pre-treament, after 5 therapy-preparing sessions, and after 20 therapy sessions and effect sizes

From: Early response in cognitive-behavior therapy for syndromes of medically unexplained symptoms

Outcome

M (SD)

d (95% CI)

Baseline

5th session

20th session

FU-1 vs. baseline

FU-2 vs. FU-1

FU-2 vs. baseline

SOMS-7 T

0.62 (0.31)

0.63 (0.38)

0.55 (0.36)

−0.03 [−0.43, 0.37]

0.22 [−0.19, 0.62]

0.21 [−0.19, 0.61]

BDI-II

0.69 (0.35)

0.58 (0.30)

0.48 (0.37)

0.34 [−0.07, 0.74]

0.30 [−0.11, 0.70]

0.58 [0.17, 1.00]

BSI-anxiety

0.95 (0.59)

0.64 (0.43)

0.62 (0.59)

0.60 [0.18, 1.02]

0.04 [−0.36, 0.44]

0.56 [0.14, 0.97]

IAS-illness anxiety

1.65 (0.86)

1.33 (0.81)

1.06 (0.69)

0.38 [−0.02, 0.79]

0.36 [−0.05, 0.77]

0.76 [0.33, 1.18]

IAS-illness behavior

2.40 (0.61)

2.16 (0.53)

1.72 (0.63)

0.42 [0.01, 0.83]

0.76 [0.33, 1.18]

1.10 [0.64, 1.55]

  1. SOMS-7 T Screening of Somatoform Disorders-7 T (answering scale: 0 = not at all, 4 = very strong), BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-II (answering scale: 0–3), BSI Brief Symptom Inventory (answering scale: 0 = not at all, 4 = very strong), IAS Illness Attitude Scales (answering scale: 0 = no, 4 = most of the time)