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Table 5 Well being (SF-12) by treatment: SD, Sub-threshold Depression (HRDS > 10 without criteria for lifetime Depressive Episode); DE, Depressive Episode point prevalence; Total Depressive Symptoms = SD plus DE

From: Sub-threshold depression and antidepressants use in a community sample: searching anxiety and finding bipolar disorder

 

First line AD

Second line AD

Only BDZ

No AD or BDZ

F

P

°SD

30.8+/-4.5

(n = 20)

30.4+/-4.3

(n = 7)

28.3+/-4.3

(n = 35)

29.1+/-5.1

(n = 75)

(DF 3,133, 136)

1.3

0.288

*DE

31.6+/-5.6* (n = 17)

30.3+/-4.9 (n = 14)

28.6+/-5.1 (n = 9)

25.8+/-5.1* (n = 15)

(DF 3,51,54)

1.8

0.002

§Total depressive symptoms

31.2+/-5.0

(n = 37)

30.3+/-4.7

(n = 21)

28.4+/-4.5

(n = 44)

28.5+/-5.1

(n = 90)

(DF 3, 188,191)

3.0

0.0019

  1. T test Bonferroni 1vs4, 51 DF zP < 0.05, Not Significant differences in the other comparisons; °t test Bonferroni 133 DF, No significant differences; § t test Bonferroni 188 DF, No significant differences