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Table 3 Pre- and post-treatment outcome scores on K-10, DASS, MSSI and EPNDS for consumers receiving care through ATAPS by initiative, July 2003–December 2012

From: Achievements of the Australian Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) program: summarising (almost) a decade of key evaluation data

 

n

Pre-treatment

Post-treatment

Pre-post difference

Effect size

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

K-10

Tier 1

16,693

31.0

7.9

23.0

8.4

8.0**

8.4

0.96

Bushfire

171

31.2

7.4

25.5

7.3

5.8**

6.3

0.92

Child

50

26.0

7.4

22.2

8.3

3.7*

8.7

0.43

Homelessness

51

31.2

9.2

26.8

9.4

4.4**

6.5

0.67

Perinatal depression

207

30.1

7.7

20.5

8.0

9.6**

9.5

1.04

Suicide prevention

324

35.3

7.1

25.8

9.1

9.5**

9.7

0.98

DASS-anxiety

Tier 1

11,544

16.3

9.8

10.5

8.9

5.8**

9.0

0.65

Perinatal depression

389

13.4

9.4

7.0

8.0

6.4**

8.8

0.72

Suicide prevention

403

19.9

10.4

11.3

9.5

8.5**

10.8

0.79

DASS-depression

Tier 1

11,640

20.6

11.0

12.5

10.2

8.1**

10.7

0.76

Perinatal depression

400

16.9

10.0

8.2

8.4

8.8**

10.6

0.83

Suicide prevention

412

27.8

10.5

15.2

11.9

12.6**

12.7

0.99

DASS-stress

Tier 1

11,577

22.3

9.9

14.8

9.8

7.5**

10.1

0.74

Perinatal depression

404

20.6

9.5

12.0

9.4

8.6**

10.8

0.79

Suicide prevention

404

26.0

10.2

15.8

11.1

10.2**

12.1

0.84

MSSI

Suicide prevention

375

14.7

10.9

4.6

7.5

10.1**

10.1

1.00

EPNDS

Perinatal depression

503

16.4

5.2

9.4

6.3

7.1**

7.1

0.99

  1. ATAPS access to allied psychological services; K-10 Kessler-10; DASS depression anxiety and stress scales; MSSI modified scale for suicidal ideation; EPNDS edinburgh postnatal depression scale
  2. * p < 0.01,** p < 0.001