The Effect of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) on the severity of suicidal thoughts in patients with major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial

Figures & data

Figure 1 Consort flow diagram.

Table 1 Comparison of the demographic characteristics of the participants in the experimental and control group

Variables	Group		p-value*
	Experimental, n (%)	Control, n (%)
Sex			0.445
Male	10 (28.6%)	13 (37.1%)
Female	25 (71.4%)	22 (62.9%)
Educational level
Primary School	17 (48.6%)	14 (40%)	0.664
High School	11 (31.4%)	11 (31.4%)
Bachelor	7 (20%)	10 (28.6%)
Marital status			0.459
Single	7 (20%)	9 (25.7%)
Married	24 (68.6%)	21 (60%)
Divorced	4 (11.4%)	5 (7.15%)
Family History of MDD			0.445
Yes	18 (51.4%)	21 (60%)
No	17 (48.6%)	14 (40%)
Economic status			0.697
Low	15 (42.9%)	14 (40%)
Medium	15 (42.9%)	15 (42.9%)
High	5 (7.15%)	6 (17.1%)
Employment status			0.942
Employed	2 (5.7%)	3 (8.6%)
Unemployed	10 (28.6%)	9 (25.7%)
Domestic Worker	19 (54.3%)	18 (51.4%)
Other	4 (11.4%)	5 (14.3%)

Note: *Chi Square test.

Table 2 Between- and within-groups comparisonof mean scores (standard deviation in brackets) of the experimental and control groups at pre- and post-test for the BSSI

Group	Pre-test	Post-test	Paired difference	p-value^a
Experimental	26.48 (5.74)	11.11 (4.15)	15.37 (5.30)	<0.001
Control	26.68 (5.05)	24.93 (4.42)	1.75 (1.76)	0.126
p-value^b	0.887	<0.001	<0.001

Notes: ^ap-values drawn from paired t-tests; ^bp-values drawn from independent t-tests.