Baseline demographic characteristics of the study group.
| Treatment type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Manual’ | Cognitive behaviour therapy | Guidelines | |
| Patients | |||
| Total | 53 | 63 | 26 |
| Dropout (%) | 6 (11) | 9 (14) | 2 (8) |
| Completer | 47 | 54 | 24 |
| Sex, male (%) | 20 (38) | 25 (40) | 8 (31) |
| Mean age (SD) | 38.8 (12.7) | 38.0 (12.5) | 38.8 (13.3) |
| Married (%) | 25 (47) | 24 (38) | 11 (42) |
| Employed (%) | 30 (57) | 38 (60) | 18 (69) |
| Higher education (%) | 13 (25) | 29 (46) | 10 (38) |
| Main diagnosis | |||
| Panic disorder (%) | 12 (23) | 12 (19) | 8 (31) |
| Panic disorder and agoraphobia (%) | 24 (45) | 31 (49) | 11 (42) |
| Gerneralised anxiety disorder (%) | 17 (32) | 20 (32) | 7 (27) |
| Double diagnosis (PD and GAD) (%) | 16 (30) | 16 (25) | 8 (31) |
| Mean duration in years of anxiety disorder (SD) | 10.02 (13.21) | 8.65 (11.54) | 6.38 (9.17) |
GAD = generalised anxiety disorder. Guidelines = anxiety disorder guidelines by the Netherlands College of General Practitioners. Manual = guided self-help treatment. PD = panic disorder. SD = standard deviation. Note: No significant differences emerged between the three conditions.