The Impact of an Early Eclectic Rehabilitative Intervention on Symptoms in First Episode Depression among Employed People

Table 3

The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores and changes in BDI scores during the follow up period, measured in four different ways in the intervention and control groups.

(a)  

BDI score changes	Intervention group (𝑛=134)		Control group (𝑛=100)		Difference
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝜒^2-test, 𝑃-value
<10 at the end of the study
No	51	38.6	39	39.4	0.907
Yes	81	61.4	60	60.6
Decreased ≥50% during the study					0.329
No	46	35.7	39	42.4
Yes	83	64.3	53	57.6
Decreased >9 points during the study					0.013
No	46	35.7	17	46.7
Yes	83	64.3	49	53.3

(b)  

Mean changes in the BDI scores	Intervention group (𝑛=134)			Control group (𝑛=100)			𝑇-test, 𝑃-value
	𝑁	Mean	SD^1	𝑁	Mean	SD^1
	129	−11.6	10.0	92	−10.8	9.8	0.525

Note: ¹SD: standard deviation.