The Relationship between Symptoms and Social Functioning over the Course of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Table 1
Demographics and baseline characteristics, mean (SD) ().
Characteristics
Completers ()
Dropouts ()
Sex (% female)
52.1
46.7
0.79
Mean age
34.2 (10.8)
32.1 (11.9)
0.48
Onset
19.4 (8.1)
16.3 (5.1)
0.17
Current mood disorder (%)
17.7
20.0
0.83
Current panic disorder (%)
2.1
0
0.57
Current specific phobia (%)
2.1
0
0.57
SCL-90-R depression
1.36 (0.82)
1.53 (0.97)
0.46
BFNE
35.5 (10.1)
38.9 (9.0)
0.22
LSAS
Total
75.5 (22.8)
85.3 (22.8)
0.17
Social interaction factor
38.8 (16.2)
44.4 (11.0)
0.10
Public speaking factor
21.3 (5.9)
21.9 (6.6)
0.69
Observation by others factor
11.2 (6.0)
13.7 (6.4)
0.26
Eating and drinking in public
4.2 (3.3)
5.3 (4.1)
0.26
WHLS
Work
5.2 (2.1)
4.5 (1.8)
0.26
Home management
2.3 (2.0)
2.7 (2.0)
0.39
Social leisure activities
4.8 (2.2)
5.3 (2.1)
0.40
Private leisure activities
1.6 (2.0)
1.5 (2.1)
0.93
values were calculated using statistic for continuous variables and using statistic for categorical variables. SCL-90-R: Symptom Checklist-90 Revised; BFNE: Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale; LSAS: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale; WHLS: Work, Home Management, Social and Private Leisure Activities Scale. Completers: the patients who completed the treatment, even when they were absent from a few sessions.
