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Table 2 Adjusted hazards ratios for recovery and Improvement (Cox regression analysis)1

From: Lower versus higher frequency of sessions in starting outpatient mental health care and the risk of a chronic course; a naturalistic cohort study

Characteristic

Categories

Improvement

Recovery

Number of sessions in the first 3 months

1–3 (ref)2

  

4–6

1.28 (1.08–1.53)

1.46 (1.11–1.92)

7–9

1.30 (1.06–1.59)

1.32 (0.96–1.83)

10–12

1.52 (1.28–1.81)

1.72 (1.31–2.26)

> 12

1.62 (1.35–1.95)

2.04 (1.53–2.72)

Sex

Male (ref)

  

Female

1.01 (0.90–1.12)

1.05 (0.89–1.23)

Age in years

 

1.00 (1.00–1.01)

1.00 (0.99–1.00)

Year treatment started

2011 (ref)

  

2012

1.49 (1.26–1.76)

1.41 (1.11–1.80)

2013

1.55 (1.31–1.83)

1.54 (1.20–1.97)

2014

1.99 (1.65–2.41)

1.89 (1.42–2.52)

2015

2.63 (1.98–3.49)

2.39 (1.54–3.70)

Diagnostic program

Anxiety (ref)

  

Depression

0.85 (0.76–0.96)

0.99 (0.82–1.19)

Personality disorders

0.72 (0.61–0.85)

0.79 (0.62–1.02)

Pharmacotherapy contact

No (ref)

  

Yes

0.97 (0.86–1.09)

0.88 (0.73–1.05)

Number of available measurements

 

0.86 (0.84–0.88)

0.89 (0.86–0.92)

Group therapy

No group therapy (ref)

  

Psychotherapy group

0.85 (0.68–1.06)

0.94 (0.67–1.31)

Another kind of group

0.80 (0.70–0.92)

0.78 (0.63–0.96)

OQ-45 total score at start

 

1.01 (1.01–1.01)

0.99 (0.99–0.99)

GAF score at start

 

1.01 (1.01–1.02)

1.02 (1.01–1.03)

  1. 1Data are presented as hazards ratios with corresponding 95% confidence intervals, adjusted for age, sex, year treatment started, diagnostic program, presence of medication contacts, total number of OQ45 measurements, group therapy, OQ45 and GAF scores at the start of treatment
  2. 2Ref = reference category