Pilot randomised controlled trial of culturally adapted cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis (CaCBTp) in Pakistan

Table 1 Baseline characteristics by treatment group and overall

Baseline characteristics	Treatment group		Total (N = 36)
Baseline characteristics	CBT (N = 18)	TAU (N = 18)	Total (N = 36)
Age – mean (SD)	34.1 (9.55)	30.5 (8.15)	32.3 (8.94)
Number of years education – mean (SD)	8.9 (4.86)	7.8 (4.40)	8.4 (4.60)
Gender
Male	14 (77.8%)	10 (55.6%)	24 (66.7%)
Female	4 (22.2%)	8 (44.4%)	12 (33.3%)
Marital status
Single	13 (72.2%)	14 (77.8%)	27 (75.0%)
Married	4 (22.2%)	4 (22.2%)	8 (22.2%)
Divorced	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.8%)
Employment
Employed	6 (33.3%)	8 (44.4%)	14 (38.9%)
Unemployed	12 (66.7%)	8 (44.4%)	20 (55.6%)
House wife	0 (0.0%)	2 (11.1%)	2 (5.6%)
Total number of prior inpatient psychiatric hospitalisations
None	11 (61.1%)	9 (50.0%)	20 (55.6%)
Once	0 (0.0%)	2 (11.1%)	2 (5.6%)
Twice	3 (16.7%)	2 (11.1%)	5 (13.9%)
Thrice	3 (16.7%)	4 (22.2%)	7 (19.4%)
4 or more	1 (5.6%)	1 (5.6%)	2 (5.6%)

For continuous baseline characteristics (age and number of years of education) an independent t-test was used to test for differences between treatment groups. For categorical baseline characteristics (gender, marital status and employment), the Fisher’s exact test was used to test for differences between treatment groups. For the total number of prior inpatient psychiatric hospitalisations, since this data was ordinal then the Wilcoxon-Mann Whitney U test was used to test for differences between treatment groups
Baseline characteristics appear to be fairly balanced across the two treatment groups with no statistically significant differences between CBT and TAU treatment groups

ISSN: 1472-6963