Effectiveness and costs associated with a lay counselor-delivered, brief problem-solving mental health intervention for adolescents in urban, low-income schools in India: 12-month outcomes of a randomized controlled trial.

PLoS Med · 2021 · PMC8478208 · PMID 34582460

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A modest effect was observed on the SWEMWBS score, but this did not reach statistical significance (AMD = 1.16, 95% CI = −0.07, 2.38; d = 0.19, 95% CI = 0.04, 0.34; p = 0.06).

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Response to reviewer 3: Please balance the description of results and interpretation in response to Reviewer 3’s points regarding the loss to follow up at 12 months and the borderline significance of some findings (namely the SDQ Total Difficulties Scale comparison at 12 months, taken together with the results from the sensitivity analysis).

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