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Table 1 Participant characteristics at pre-treatment per group

From: Tackling the global problem of traumatic stress in low-income countries: a pilot clinical trial comparing reconsolidation therapy to paroxetine in Nepal

Characteristics at baseline

Paroxetine

Reconsolidation

n

M

SD

n

M

SD

Age

23

40.30

11.85

23

39.78

10.95

PTSD symptoms (PCL)

23

65.56

7.83

23

64.73

7.76

Anxio-depressive symptoms (HSCL-25)

23

3.21

0.40

23

3.18

0.41

n

%

 

n

%

 

Gender1

 Male

4

17.39

 

11

47.83

 

 Female

19

82.61

 

12

52.17

 

Education

 Illiterate

14

60.87

 

8

34.78

 

 Primary

6

26.09

 

10

43.48

 

 Secondary (8–10 years) or more

3

13.04

 

5

21.74

 

Profession

 Service

1

4.35

 

2

8.70

 

 Homemaker

7

30.43

 

4

17.39

 

 Agriculture

13

56.52

 

15

65.21

 

 Other

2

8.70

 

2

8.70

 

Self-reported socio-economic status

 Lower-class

14

60.87

 

14

60.87

 

 Middle-class

9

39.13

 

9

39.13

 

Ethnicity

 Brahman

2

8.70

 

0

0

 

 Chhetri

8

34.78

 

11

47.83

 

 Janajati

8

34.78

 

7

30.43

 

 Dalit

5

21.74

 

5

21.74

 

Marital status

 Never married

2

8.70

 

3

13.04

 

 Married

20

86.95

 

19

82.61

 

 Single (divorced or widowed)

1

4.35

 

1

4.35

 
  1. 1Gender is the only significant between-groups difference, X2 = (1, N = 46) = 4.8, p < .05