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Table 3 DEBQ subscales estimates

From: Changes in eating behavior through lifestyle treatment in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): a randomized controlled trial

Group

Baseline

3 months

6 months

9 months

12 months

Change baseline—12 months

P value

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

Percent (%)

Cohen’s d

DEBQ emotions

CAU

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.5

− 0.2

− 8.3

− 0.20

0.311

LI

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

− 0.4

− 15.2

− 0.44

LI without SMS

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.3

− 0.4

− 13.4

− 0.36

0.471

LI with SMS

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.6

− 0.5

− 19.6

− 0.53

DEBQ diffuse emotions

CAU

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

− 0.2

− 6.1

− 0.14

0.181

LI

3.1

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

− 0.5

− 15.9

− 0.45

LI without SMS

3.0

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.5

− 0.5

− 17.0

− 0.44

0.855

LI with SMS

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

− 0.5

− 14.7

− 0.40

DEBQ clearly defined emotions

CAU

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

− 0.2

− 9.3

− 0.22

0.457

LI

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

− 0.4

− 14.4

− 0.39

LI without SMS

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

− 0.3

− 11.1

− 0.28

0.296

LI with SMS

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

− 0.6

− 21.7

− 0.57

DEBQ restraint

CAU

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.5

 + 0.3

 + 9.8

0.35

0.761

LI

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

 + 0.2

 + 7.4

0.26

LI without SMS

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.3

 + 0.1

 + 4.8

0.19

0.372

LI with SMS

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.6

 + 0.4

 + 10.9

0.45

DEBQ external

CAU

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

− 0.1

− 4.8

− 0.22

0.675

LI

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

− 0.2

− 6.3

− 0.32

LI without SMS

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.6

− 0.3

− 9.5

− 0.49

0.142

LI with SMS

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

− 0.1

− 1.9

− 0.09

  1. DEBQ dutch eating behavior questionnaire, CAU care as usual, LI lifestyle, LI without SMS lifestyle without short message service, LI with SMS lifestyle with short message service, Cohen’s D: 0.20 = small effect, 0.50 = medium effect and 0.80 = a large effect
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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