A Chinese Chan-Based Mind-Body Intervention Improves Sleep on Patients with Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline.

Characteristics	WL (𝑛=16)	CBT (𝑛=18)	DMBI (𝑛=17)	𝑃
Mean age (years)	45.44 (8.25)	47.39 (6.63)	47.06 (9.54)	0.77
Mean education (years)	8.06 (2.59)	9.78 (2.39)	9.18 (3.13)	0.19
Gender: female (%)	75.0	72.2	88.2	0.48
Mean HRSD Score	11.50 (5.48)	11.94 (3.98)	12.06 (4.48)	0.94
Diagnosis by SCID (%)				0.55
MDD-PR	37.5	16.7	23.5
MDD-MiD	18.8	38.9	23.5
MDD-MoD	43.8	44.4	52.9
Antidepressants prescribed (%)				0.42
SSRIs	56.3	81.3	58.8
SNRIs	6.3	12.5	5.9
TCAs	18.8	0	23.5
Others^#	18.8	6.3	11.8
Hypnotic prescribed (%)	25.0	23.5	29.4	0.94
Sleep variables
HRSD-sleep items	1.88 (1.46)	2.00 (1.41)	2.63 (2.09)	0.41
TST (hours/night)	6.23 (2.47)	6.68 (1.88)	6.21 (2.05)	0.69
SOL (minutes/night)	44.33 (60.08)	28.28 (20.40)	48.28 (46.25)	0.44
WASO (minutes/time)	29.00 (36.14)	29.72 (31.53)	33.65 (25.50)	0.90

Note. WL: waitlist control; CBT: cognitive-behavioural therapy; DMBI: dejian mind-body intervention; HRSD: hamilton psychiatric rating scale for depression; SCID: structural clinical interview for DSM-IV; MDD: major depressive disorder; PR: partial remission; MiD: mild depressive episode; MoD: moderate depressive episode; SSRIs: selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors; SNRIs: serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors; TCAs: tricyclic antidepressants; TST: total sleep time; SOL: sleep onset latency; WASO: wake time after sleep onset. Standard deviations are in parentheses. ^#Prescription of other types of antidepressant or a combination of SSRIs with other type of antidepressant.