| Study, Year | Intervention and Treatment Duration | Followup (After Enrollment) | Depression: Standardized Mean Difference (95% CI) | Hopelessness: Weighted Mean Difference (95% CI) | OR for Improvement in Problems (95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbons, et al., 197837 | Mean number of 9 sessions over 12 wks | 4 mos | -0.18 (-0.52 to 0.15) | NR | 2.74 (1.40 to 5.36) |
| Hawton, et al., 198738 | < 8 sessions over 8 wks | 9 mos | -0.31 (-0.80 to 0.18) | NR | 1.38 (0.43 to 4.47) |
| Salkovskis, et al., 199039 | 5 sessions over 4 wks | 12 mos | -1.24 (-2.24 to -0.25) | -3.25 (-5.31 to -1.19) | NR |
| McLeavey, et al., 199440 | 5 sessions over 5 wks | 7-8 mos | NR | 0.50 (-4.51 to 5.5) | NR |
| Evans, et al., 199941 | 2-6 sessions over unclear period | 6 mos | -0.86 (-1.60 to -0.13) | NR | NR |
| Patsiokas and Clum, 198567 | 10 sessions over 3 wks | About 1 mo | NR | -6.60 (-13.73 to 0.53) | NR |
| Meta-analytic summary statistic | -0.36 (-0.61 to -0.11) | -2.97 (-4.81 to -1.13) | 2.31 (1.29 to 4.13) | ||
Note: CI, confidence interval; NR, not reported; OR, odds ratio. a Data are from Townsend, et al., 2001.26 Population and age range already described for each study in Table 1 except for Patsiokas and Clum, for which the study was conducted in "adult" deliberate self-harm patients recruited from a U.S. inpatient psychiatric ward. |
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