The impact of indicated prevention and early intervention on co-morbid eating disorder and depressive symptoms: a systematic review

Table 2 Characteristics of studies according to their success in decreasing depressive symptoms

		Decreases in depressive symptoms^a		Decreases in both depressive and eating disorder symptoms^b
	Range	Significant decrease	No significant decrease	Significant decrease	No significant decrease
	Range	(12 studies)	(15 studies)	(11 studies)	(16 studies)
Participant age [mean years, (SD)]	14.4-46.5	27.2 (9.8)	28.7 (10.5)	25.4 (8.8)	33.3 (10.7)
Number of sessions[mean (SD)]	4-28	7.1 (2.7)	10.1 (7.1)	6.7 (2.4)	10.4 (7.1)
Initial depressive symptoms percentile rank [mean rank(SD)] ^c	55-99	88.1 (6.9)	85.4 (13.4)	87.1 (7.8)	86.3 (13.1)
Use of a screening cut-off score , N (%)		7 (58%)	10 (67%)	6 (55%)	11 (69%)
Face to face format, N (%)		8 (67%)	10 (67%)	9 (82%)	9 (56%)
CBT theoretical framework, N (%)		9 (75%)	8 (53%)	8 (73%)	9 (56%)
Content targeting negative emotions and cognitions, N (%)		9 (75%)	10 (37%)	9 (82%)	10 (62%)

^aFor the 12 studies that found significant decreases in depressive symptoms, and the 15 that found no significant decrease, the mean age of participants, the mean depressive symptoms percentile rank at baseline, and the number of studies using a cut-off score, face-to face format, CBT framework, and content targeting emotions and cognitions are presented.
^bThe same information as in column ^ais provided for the 11 studies that found significant decreases in both depressive and eating disorder symptoms, and the 16 that did not.
^cHigher rank indicates that the participants in the study reported higher initial levels of depression.

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