Table 2 Number of completed cycles, global means (SD) and range of stimulant and placebo scores, and overall posterior population estimates of the mean difference between stimulant and placebo scores together with the posterior probabilities that the stimulant scores are better than the placebo scores for each study instrument
Completed cycle pairs | Stimulant | Placebo | Posterior mean difference1(PMD) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | Mean | (SD) | (Range) | Mean | (SD) | (Range) | Mean | (SD) | P(PMD?>?0) | |
Conners 3 Rating Scale Global Index2,3 | |||||||||||
Parent | 18 | (90) | 10.9 | (4.9) | (2 to 18) | 13.3 | (5.4) | (4 to 21) | 2.3 | (6.2) | 0.92 |
Teacher | 10 | (50) | 6.5 | (4.4) | (0 to 11) | 11.0 | (5.2) | (2 to 21) | 5.9 | (4.5) | 0.93 |
Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function2 | |||||||||||
Parent | 18 | (90) | 147.8 | (29.8) | (88 to 204) | 152.3 | (27.4) | (106 to 195) | 10.8 | (17.5) | 0.76 |
Teacher | 10 | (50) | 127.4 | (24.1) | (87 to 148) | 143.2 | (20.2) | (100 to 181) | 20.7 | (23.2) | 0.86 |
Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory2 | |||||||||||
Parent: number of problems | 17 | (85) | 8.5 | (7.6) | (0 to 27) | 10.3 | (8.7) | (0 to 25) | 2.8 | (4.8) | 0.75 |
Parent: intensity of problems | 18 | (90) | 104.8 | (26.5) | (62 to 172) | 109.1 | (31.6) | (47 to 164) | 2.9 | (13.7) | 0.49 |
Teacher: intensity of problems | 10 | (50) | 74.6 | (20.8) | (45 to 103) | 93.0 | (34.7) | (57 to 176) | 24.8 | (32.7) | 0.83 |