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Table 4 Main Results from Generalized Estimating Equations modeling for the depression dataset, partitioned by baseline depression categories (note: therapist and organization fixed effects included but are not detailed due to presentation complexity)

From: Action recommendations review in community-based therapy and depression and anxiety outcomes: a machine learning approach

Variable

Baseline depression category

PHQ-9 Coefficient (p-value)

Coefficient CI [0.025, 0.975]

Intercept

Mild

2.56 (ns)

[-4.18, 9.30]

Moderate

-14.07 (0.007*)

[-24.36, -3.78]

Moderately severe

21.52 (0.001*)

[8.52, 34.53]

Severe

6.30 (0.004*)

[1.99, 10.62]

Log (Review Percentage)

Mild

0.22 (0.024*)

[0.03, 0.42]

Moderate

-0.13 (ns)

[-0.37, 0.11]

Moderately severe

0.03 (ns)

[-0.14, 0.19]

Severe

-0.05 (ns)

[-0.17, 0.06]

Number of Dialogues/Session

Mild

0.07 (0.002*)

[0.03, 0.11]

Moderate

0.05 (0.027*)

[0.01, 0.09]

Moderately severe

-0.04 (0.010*)

[-0.07, -0.01]

Severe

-0.01 (ns)

[-0.03, 0.02]

Number of Action Recommendations/Previous Session

Mild

-0.04 (ns)

[-0.16, 0.07]

Moderate

-0.01 (ns)

[-0.07, 0.05]

Moderately severe

0.06 (ns)

[-0.00, 0.12]

Severe

-0.07 (ns)

[-0.14, 0.00]

Client's Initial Score

Mild

-0.40 (ns)

[-0.85, 0.04]

Moderate

0.06 (ns)

[-0.39, 0.51]

Moderately severe

-0.42 (ns)

[-1.00, 0.16]

Severe

-0.13 (ns)

[-0.38, 0.13]

Days Examined

Mild

-0.03 (ns)

[-0.14, 0.09]

Moderate

0.25 (0.002*)

[0.09, 0.40]

Moderately severe

-0.25 (0.010*)

[-0.44, -0.06]

Severe

-0.04 (ns)

[-0.14, 0.05]

  1. * denotes p < 0.05, "ns" denotes lack of statistical significance. Variables transformed: review percentage logged, score change cube-rooted (dependent variable). All significant associations were verified via bootstrap resampling (1000 samples)