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Table 3 Power estimations of secondary dichotomous outcomes

From: Detailed statistical analysis plan for the short-term versus long-term mentalisation-based therapy for outpatients with subthreshold or diagnosed borderline personality disorder randomised clinical trial (MBT-RCT)

Outcome

Expected proportion in the control group

Alpha significance level

Power

Reference

Severe self-harm incidentsa

15%

5

14%

Simonsen et al. [22]; Bateman and Fonagy [23]

  1. aEven though the expected power is only 14%, we define severe self-harm incidents as a secondary outcome, because it is considered very important for this population