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Table 3 Baseline socio-demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Group music therapy with songwriting for adult patients with long-term depression (SYNCHRONY study): a feasibility and acceptability study of the intervention and parallel randomised controlled trial design with wait-list control and nested process evaluation

Baseline characteristics

Treatment group (n = 20)

Wait-list group (n = 10)

Total (n = 30)

Age

42.25 (37.09, 47.41)

48.8 (42.07, 55.53)

44.43 (40.39, 48.47)

Females:Malesa

13:7

3:7

16:14

English First language:Second language

10:10

8:2

18:12

In Employment:Unemployed

4:16

1:9

5:25

Primary diagnosis

 F31

5/20

1/10

6/30

 F32

3/20

2/10

5/30

 F33

7/20

5/10

12/30

 F41

3/20

0/10

3/30

 F43

2/20

2/10

4/30

Duration diagnosis (years)

9.80 (4.37, 15.23)

12.5 (4.14, 20.86)

10.70 (6.41, 15.00)

Hospitalised in the last year

6/20

1/10

7/30

Medication

 Antidepressants

13/20

6/10

19/30

 SNRI

4/20

1/10

5/30

 TCA

6/20

0

6/30

 NASSA

5/20

0

5/30

 SSRI

4/20

5/10

9/30

Antipsychotic

14/20

3/10

17/30

Atypical

13/20

3/10

16/30

Typical

1/20

0

1/30

Hypnotics/Anxiolytics

7/20

2/10

9/30

Benzodiazapine

1/20

0

1/30

Antihistamine

5/20

1/10

6/30

Hypnotic

1/20

1/10

2/30

Mood stabilisers

2/20

1/10

3/30

No psychiatric medication

3/20

3/10

6/30

Previous receipt of music therapy

1/20

2/10

3/30

Interest in Music − ve

3.3 (2.74, 3.87)

2.85 (2.24, 3.46)

3.15 (2.74, 3.56)

Interest in Music + ve

3.35 (3.03, 3.68)

3.65 (3.13, 4.17)

3.45 (3.19, 3.71)

MADRS

25.85 (21.61, 30.09)

19.2 (10.73, 27.67)

23.63 (19.76, 27.50)

BDI-II

30.92 (25.69, 36.15)

23.56 (13.35, 33.77)

28.47 (23.78, 33.15)

CSQ

24.15 (21.57, 26.73)

22.20 (17.92, 26.48)

23.5 (21.39, 25.61)

MANSA

3.64 (3.20, 4.07)

4.03 (3.44, 4.61)

3.77 (3.43, 4.10)

RSES

22.3 (20.21, 24.59)

24.2 (20.67, 27.73)

22.93 (21.20, 24.67)

GPSESb

22.05 (18.97, 25.13)

26.4 (23.27, 29.53)

23.5 (21.18, 25.82)

WASAS

26.85 (23.03, 30.67)

21.80 (13.22, 30.38)

25.17 (21.54, 28.79)

BSI Somatisatione

2.44 (2.06, 2.81)

1.15 (0.53, 1.78)

2.00 (1.63, 2.39)

BSI Obsessive–Compulsive

2.65 (2.31, 2.99)

2.19 (1.54, 2.84)

2.50 (2.19, 2.80)

BSI Interpersonal Sensitivityf

2.46 (2.07, 2.85)

1.28 (0.55, 2.00)

2.06 (1.68, 2.45)

BSI Depressiong

2.67 (2.27, 3.07)

1.81 (1.03, 2.58)

2.38 (2.00, 2.76)

BSI Anxietyh

2.31 (1.95, 2.68)

1.44 (0.80, 2.07)

2.02 (1.68, 2.36)

BSI Hostilityi

2.56 (2.06, 3.05)

1.68 (1.25, 2.12)

2.27 (1.89, 2.64)

BSI Phobiaj

2.51 (2.18, 2.83)

1.42 (0.47, 2.36)

2.14 (1.75, 2.54)

BSI Paranoiak

2.52 (1.99, 3.06)

1.77 (1.21, 2.33)

2.27 (1.86, 2.67)

BSI Psychoticism

2.72 (2.26, 3.19)

2.01 (1.25, 2.77)

2.49 (2.09, 2.88)

BSI Global Severity Indexl

2.04 (1.65, 2.44)

1.12 (0.59, 1.66)

1.74 (1.39, 2.08)

BSI Positive Symptom Totalm

39.90 (34.86, 44.94)

29.20 (20.27, 38.13)

36.33 (31.75, 40.91)

BSI Positive Symptom Distress Indexn

2.58 (2.27, 2.91)

1.85 (1.39, 2.30)

2.34 (2.06, 2.62)

LSP Self carec

32.2 (30.48, 33.92)

35.2 (32.89, 37.51)

33.2 (31.80, 34.61)

LSP Non-turbulence

40.30 (36.75, 43.85)

42.70 (40.59, 44.81)

41.1 (38.69, 43.51)

LSP Social contact

14.90 (13.27, 16.54)

15.60 (13.01, 18.20)

15.13 (13.83, 16.44)

LSP Communicationd

20.05 (18.71, 21.39)

22.10 (21.12, 23.08)

20.73 (19.75, 21.71)

LSP Responsibility

17.35 (16.04, 18.66)

18.30 (16.72, 19.88)

17.67 (16.69, 18.64)

  1. aWilcoxon-Mann–Whitney, z = –2.096, p = .04
  2. bTwo-tailed t-test, unequal variances assumed, p = .04
  3. cTwo-tailed t-test, unequal variances assumed, p = .03
  4. d–nTwo-tailed t-test, unequal variances assumed
  5. dp = .01
  6. ep < .01
  7. fp < .01
  8. gp = .05
  9. hp = .02
  10. ip < .01
  11. jp = .03
  12. kp = .05
  13. lp < .01
  14. mp = .03
  15. np < .01
  16. Baseline data: mean (95% confidence interval)