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Table 2 Demographics and diagnostic information of subgroups and group differences

From: Impact of therapist change after initial contact and traumatic burden on dropout in a naturalistic sample of inpatients with borderline pathology receiving dialectical behavior therapy

 

Group

Statistic

Characteristic

Completers (n = 67)

Non-Completers (n = 22)

  
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

p

Age (years)

29.24

10.00

31.32

9.85

−.849

.398

School (years)

10.65

1.50

10.45

1.44

.553

.582

Number of axis-I-disorders

1.16

1.07

1.09

0.75

.298

.766

 

N

%

N

%

χ 2

p

Sex (female)

49

73.13

19

86.36

1.608

.205

Current BPD

55

82.09

20

90.91

.972

.324

Current PTSD

50

74.63

13

59.09

1.933

.164

Current alcohol/substance abuse

11

16.40

4

18.18

.216

.898

Change of therapist

28

41.79

19

86.36

13.203

>.001*

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

p

Global Severity Index (SCL-90-R)

1.33

0.59

1.28

0.58

.371

.711

Borderline Symptom List

162.53

60.90

151.87

73.45

.682

.497

Beck Depression Inventory

29.28

11.96

26.08

12.25

1.082

.282

Dissociative Experiences Scale

21.62

12.78

22.01

13.62

−.122

.903

Number of traumatic event types (PDS)

3.10

1.76

2.59

1.82

1.179

.242

Childhood Maltreatment (CTQ)

      

 Emotional abuse

15.67

5.36

16.68

5.44

−.764

.447

 Physical abuse

9.83

5.15

8.68

4.50

.937

.351

 Sexual abuse

9.09

5.58

7.55

5.60

1.125

.264

 Emotional neglect

17.93

4.50

16.68

4.70

1.112

.269

 Physical neglect

11.04

4.20

9.00

3.34

2.075

.041*

  1. BPD Borderline Personality Disorder, PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, SCL Symptom Checklist, PDS Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Statistic: df = 1 for χ 2-tests and df = 87 for t-tests
  2. *p ≤ .05