Professional interventions affect outcome in depressed patients

Table 1 Outcome and changes in Beck Depression Inventory raw score

Patient	BDI: Change scores	BDI: End-of-treatment scores	BDI: Baseline scores
1	-14.00	7.00	21.00
2	-34.00	0.00	34.00
3	-21.00	3.00	24.00
4	-19.00	11.00	30.00
5	-7.00	10.00	17.00
6	-37.00	0.00	37.00
7	-24.00	12.00	36.00
8	-17.00	0.00	17.00
9	-21.00	1.00	22.00
10	-3.00	27.00	30.00
11	-29.00	6.00	35.00
12	-8.00	9.00	17.00
13	-18.00	0.00	18.00
mean n = 13	19.39	6.62	26.00

The first column lists the patients evaluated (n = 13). The improvement in results - as evidenced by the Beck Depression Inventory score difference - is shown in column two. BDI: Beck Depression Inventory.

Table 2 Psychoanalytic Core Competency Q-Sort scales with correlation to changes in Beck Depression Inventory scores

Characteristic	Attitude	Framework	Interventions	Enactment
BDI-change score
Correlation	-0.282	0.203	-0.577	0.383
Significance	0.375	0.527	0.05	0.219

The table gives an overview of Psychoanalytic Core Competency Q-Sort scales with correlation to changes in Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores and contains the results of the respective scales in the initial hours: Outcome measured with BDI-change scores (BDI improvements) and professionals’ activities measured with the Psychoanalytic Core Competency. BDI: Beck Depression Inventory.

Table 3 Outcome in affect regulation and psychic functioning

Affect regulation		Value		Effect sizes
Affect experience	Factor 1: Socialized negative affect	Z = -1.149	Not significant	-
		P value = 0.251
	Factor 2: Positive affect	Z = -2.176	Significant	r = 0.60
		P value = 0.030
	Factor 3: Intense negative affect	Z = -2.060	Significant	r = 0.57
		P value = 0.039
Affect regulation	Factor 4: Reality focused response	Z = -1.029	Not significant	-
		P value = 0.304
	Factor 5: Externalizing defense	Z = -2.952	Significant	r = 0.82
		P value = 0.003
	Factor 6: Avoidant defense	Z = -0.134	Not significant	-
		P value = 0.894

Table 4 Before-after comparison of the Psychoanalytic Core Competency subdimensions

Characteristic	P value		Effect sizes
Attitude before/after	P value = 0.797	Not significant	-
Framework before/after	P value = 0.045	Significant	r = 0.56
Interventions before/after	P value = 0.003	Significant	r = 0.76
Enactment before/after	P value = 0.086	Not significant	-