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Table 2 Pre-treatment demographic and clinical characteristic of study participants

From: Narrative exposure therapy for PTSD increases top-down processing of aversive stimuli - evidence from a randomized controlled treatment trial

  

Intention to Treat

Study Completer

  

NET (n = 16)

WLC (n = 18)

p

NET (n = 11)

WLC (n = 8)

p

Demographic Data

       

Sex

   

0.97

  

0.31

   female

N (%)

7 (43.8)

8 (44.4)

 

3 (27.3)

4 (50.0)

 

   male

N (%)

9 (56.3)

10 (55.6)

 

8 (72.7)

4 (50.0)

 

Age

M (SD)

30.3 (9.2)

36.4 (9.9)

0.09

28.6 (8.6)

33.6 (9.8)

0.25

Education (ys school)

M (SD)

8.7 (3.3)

7.8 (3.3)

0.51

8.9 (3.4)

7.9 (2.7)

0.51

Regions of Origin

   

0.15

  

0.65

   Middle East

N (%)

8 (50.0)

11 (61.1)

 

6 (54.6)

4 (50.0)

 

   Central East

N (%)

2 (12.5)

1 (5.6)

 

1 (9.1)

1 (12.5)

 

   The Balkans

N (%)

-

3 (16.7)

 

-

1 (12.5)

 

   Africa

N (%)

6 (37.5)

2 (11.1)

 

4 (36.4)

2 (25.0)

 

Asylum Status (insecure)

N (%)

14 (87.5)

18 (100.0)

0.12

9 (81.8)

8 (100.0)

0.20

Clinical Data

       

Events (numbers)

       

   CAPS Event-Types

M (SD)

7.4 (2.3)

6.6 (2.0)

0.31

7.0 (2.3)

6.5 (2.1)

0.71

   War&Torture-Types

M (SD)

11.3 (5.6)

9.4 (4.7)

0.29

11.4 (6.7)

7.6 (4.9)

0.16

Clinical Symptoms

       

   CAPS Score

M (SD)

89.5 (14.7)

80.1 (16.5)

0.16

88.0 (12.5)

72.0 (13.8)

0.04

   HDRS

M (SD)

27.3 (8.1)

27.3 (6.9)

0.74

25.8 (7.9)

27.4 (5.6)

0.77

  1. Study Completers were called only those participants, who completed therapy and produced MEG data sets (pre and post) of good quality that could be included in the final analysis.
  2. Note: For pair-wise group comparisons of continuous variables, Mann-Whitney U T ests were used; differences of categorical variables were evaluated by applying χ2-Tests for independence.