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Table 12 Comparison of psychotherapy sessions between conventional and MCDM-MOORA techniques across depression categories

From: Accelerating depression intervention: identifying critical psychological factors using MCDM-MOORA technique for early therapy initiation

Depression category

Sample size (n)

Number of Psychotherapeutic Sessions

Session Number

χ2

df

P

Conventional

Conventional + MOORA

Reduction (%)

Extreme

102 (40.15%)

18 ± 2

11 ± 2

33–35

6.94

1

0.008

Severe

88 (34.64%)

14 ± 2

8 ± 1

34–39

8.32

1

0.004

Moderate

64 (25.19%)

9 ± 1

5 ± 1

37–43

10.29

1

0.001

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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X