A person with an anxiety disorder receives treatment. Because of the treatment, the person's anxiety level is lower, but he still finds it almost impossible to live a normal life. For this person, the improvement in the anxiety disorder is:

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Statistically significant improvement means that the treatment has had a measurable effect on the person's anxiety levels, which is likely the case here. However, clinically significant improvement refers to a change that makes a real, noticeable difference in the patient's daily life or functioning, which does not seem to have occurred since the person still finds it almost impossible to live a normal life.

A Person with an Anxiety Disorder Receives Treatment