Effectiveness of Internet-Based Emotion-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iECBT) with and without husband’s participation in improvement of psychological distress in pregnant women with anxiety disorders: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Group comparisons before, after intervention, one and three-month follow-up (primary outcome)

Group	Pre-test	Post-test	1-month follow-up	3-month follow-up	Within-group		Between-group
Group	Pre-test	Post-test	1-month follow-up	3-month follow-up	p	Eta	P¹ P²	Eta¹ Eta²
State Anxiety mean (SD)
iECBT with Husband	48.59 (4.19)	47.11 (4. 41)	46.78 (4.75)	46.93 (4.38)	0.1	0.05	0.9 0.001	0.002 0.06
iECBT Without Husband	48.17 (4.12)	46.23 (3.07)	46. 45 (4.22)	46.05 (4.55)	0.02	0.08	0.9 0.001	0.002 0.06
BSI-18 Somatization
iECBT with Husband	7.01 (4.7)	4.71 (3. 44)	5.5 (4.03)	4.97 (4.3)	0.01	0.08	0.5 < 0.001	0.009 0.14
iECBT Without Husband	7.7 (3.8)	5.02 (3.55)	5.2 (3.3)	4.33 (3. 4)	< 0.001	0.24	0.5 < 0.001	0.009 0.14
Depression
iECBT with Husband	6.17 (6. 4)	3.74 (5)	4.1 (5.2)	3.8 (5. 4)	< 0.001	0.18	< 0.001 0.001	0.13 0.001
iECBT Without Husband	6.78 (5. 4)	3. 4 (3.5)	3.95 (4.2)	3.3 (3.9)	0.01	0.09	< 0.001 0.001	0.13 0.001
Anxiety
iECBT with Husband	7.7 (6)	3.7 (3.7)	4.5 (4.3)	4.3 (5.6)	< 0.001	0.2	0.9 < 0.001	0.001 0.2
iECBT Without Husband	7.9 (5. 4)	3.8 (3.1)	4. 4 (3.2)	4. 4 (4.7)	0.01	0.2	0.9 < 0.001	0.001 0.2
Total BSI-18 (Psychological distress)
iECBT with Husband	21.57 (14.3)	12. 45 (11.1)	13.78 (11. 45)	12.5 (13.7)	< 0.001	0.21	0.9 < 0.001	0.001 0.21
iECBT Without Husband	21.7 (13.1)	11.9 (8.1)	13.86 (8.6)	12.7 (11.1)	0.01	0.2	0.9 < 0.001	0.001 0.21

*P-values were calculated using an independent t-test for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables
*Repeated-measures ANOVA was applied to assess intra-group changes over time
* Repeated Measure Considering Time & Group, 2. Repeated Measure Considering Time in the Whole Sample
*Effect sizes (Eta squared) are reported where applicable

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