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Table 5 Predicted mean of the 4DSQ and WHODAS II scores and effect size of patients from GPs receiving training, feedback and tailored interventions (intervention group, N = 198) or training and feedback (control group, N = 246) based on multilevel linear regression analysis on imputed data, from baseline to 3 and 6 months

From: Effectiveness of a tailored implementation programme to improve recognition, diagnosis and treatment of anxiety and depression in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial

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Group

Baseline

3 months

6 months

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

ES

pvalue

Mean

95% CI

ES

pvalue

Distress

Intervention

12.37

(11.08, 13.66)

11.16

(9.77, 12.56)

āˆ’0.0

0.912

10.49

(9.10, 11.87)

āˆ’0.1

0.235

Control

11.86

(10.63, 13.09)

10.72

(9.48, 11.96)

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10.76

(9.50, 12.01)

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Depression

Intervention

1.80

(1.40, 2.21)

1.27

(0.85, 1.69)

āˆ’0.2*

0.027

1.48

(1.04, 1.91)

āˆ’0.1

0.445

Control

1.58

(1.20, 1.97)

1.52

(1.14, 1.91)

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1.42

(1.03, 1.81)

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Anxiety

Intervention

3.14

(2.51, 3.78)

2.65

(2.01, 3.30)

āˆ’0.0

0.847

2.38

(1.73, 3.03)

āˆ’0.1

0.141

Control

2.77

(2.15, 3.40)

2.33

(1.71, 2.96)

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2.40

(1.78, 3.03)

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Somatisation

Intervention

8.51

(7.61, 9.41)

8.58

(7.65, 9.52)

+0.1

0.284

8.74

(7.78, 9.69)

āˆ’0.1

0.065

Control

8.25

(7.41, 9.09)

7.85

(7.00, 8.70)

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7.61

(6.75, 8.48)

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WHODAS II

Intervention

25.82

(23.59, 28.06)

24.32

(22.01, 26.63)

+0.1

0.245

21.41

(19.07, 23.75)

āˆ’0.1

0.293

Control

23.57

(21.57, 25.57)

20.68

(18.65, 22.71)

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20.39

(18.36, 22.42)

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  1. 4DSQ Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire, WHODAS II World Health Organisationā€™s Disability Assessment Scale II, ES effect size of pretest-posttest-control group design using pooled pretest standard deviation.
  2. *p < 0.05, where p is the significance level of the group Ɨ time interaction term.