Table 2 Baseline psychometric characteristics of the entire study cohort stratified according to the presence or absence of attrition (noncompleters and completers)
From: Is drop-out from obesity treatment a predictable and preventable event?
Entire cohort (n = 98) | Noncompleters (n = 56) | Completers (n = 42) | t-test and Pvalue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SCL-90 | ||||
Somatization | 0.87 ± 0.70 | 0.78 ± 0.64 | 0.98 ± 0.77 | t = 1.32, p = 0.189 |
Obsessivity-compulsivity | 0.74 ± 0.58 | 0.83 ± 0.57 | 0.63 ± 0.57 | t = −1.66, p = 0.101 |
Interpersonal sensitivity | 0.71 ± 0.68 | 0.82 ± 0.71 | 0.57 ± 0.31 | t = −1.73, p = 0.087 |
Depression | 0.81 ± 0.69 | 0.91 ± 0.70 | 0.68 ± 0.67 | t = −1.60, p = 0.112 |
Anxiety | 0.71 ± 0.62 | 0.80 ± 0.66 | 0.60 ± 0.56 | t = −1.51, p = 0.135 |
Anger-hostility | 0.70 ± 0.65 | 0.83 ± 0.72 | 0.53 ± 0.51 | t = −2.33, p = 0.022 |
Phobic anxiety | 0.29 ± 0.49 | 0.29 ± 0.51 | 0.29 ± 0.46 | t = −0.00, p = 0.998 |
Paranoid ideation | 0.66 ± 0.60 | 0.68 ± 0.64 | 0.64 ± 0.56 | t = −0.31, p = 0.755 |
Psychoticism | 0.39 ± 0.46 | 0.43 ± 0.49 | 0.34 ± 0.44 | t = −0.93, p = 0.358 |
GSI | 0.67 ± 0.51 | 0.73 ± 0.52 | 0.60 ± 0.49 | t = −1.20, p = 0.233 |
BES | 9.4 ± 7.0 | 12.7 ± 9.1 | 9.2 ± 7.1 | t = −1.9, p = 0.059 |
BDI | 11.2 ± 8.5 | 9.8 ± 7.1 | 8.9 ± 6.9 | t = −0.6, p = 0.531 |