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Table 1 The four patient groups described according to total numbers and numbers at a clinical level pre-treatment, pre-treatment PHQ-9, pre-post PHQ-9 change and effect size, sessions attended, patient change per session, and percentage meeting criteria for reliable and clinically significant improvement

From: The effectiveness of high-intensity CBT and counselling alone and following low-intensity CBT: a reanalysis of the 2nd UK National Audit of Psychological Therapies data

Patient group

N (%)

Clinical at pre- treatment N (%)

Pre–PHQ-9 Score Mean (SD)

Pre-Post change Mean (SD)

Pre-post effect size (95% CI)

Sessions attended Mean (SD)

Patient change on PHQ-9 per session Mean (SD)

RCSI rate % (95% CI)

Li-CBT/Hi-CBT

17,620 (53.0)

14,069 (80.0)

15.4 (6.49)

6.1 (6.95)

0.94 (0.92, 0.96)

9.0 (6.40)

0.91 (1.48)

52.1 (51.3, 52.9)

Li-CBT/Hi-Counselling

6645 (20.0)

5459 (82.2)

15.6 (6.20)

6.1 (6.83)

0.98 (0.95, 1.02)

8.0 (5.94)

1.03 (1.56)

50.2 (48.9, 51.6)

Hi-CBT

5975 (18.0)

4719 (79.0)

15.4 (6.58)

5.9 (6.98)

0.90 (0.86, 0.93)

8.8 (6.14)

0.85 (1.43)

49.4 (47.9, 50.8)

Hi-Counselling

3003 (9.0)

2280 (75.9)

14.7 (6.60)

5.5 (6.63)

0.83 (0.78, 0.89)

6.4 (4.74)

1.08 (1.74)

49.2 (47.1, 51.2)

Overall

33,243

26,527 (79.8)

15.4 (6.47)

6.0 (6.91)

0.93 (0.91, 0.94)

8.5 (6.18)

0.94 (1.52)

51.0 (50.4, 51.6)

  1. Note: Li-CBT/Hi-CBT Low-intensity CBT stepped up to high-intensity CBT, Li-CBT/Hi-Counselling Low-intensity CBT stepped up to high-intensity Counselling, Hi-CBT High-intensity CBT only, Hi-Counselling High-intensity Counselling only