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Table 1 Clinical background data

From: Quantitative EEG findings in patients with acute, brief depression combined with other fluctuating psychiatric symptoms: a controlled study from an acute psychiatric department

 

AUDS patients

MDE patients

p-value

 

n = 16

N = 16

 

Agea

32.1 (11.4, 19–58)

32.8 (13.0, 18–62)

0.99e

Gender (men)

6 (38%)

6 (38%)

1.00f

Neuroleptic medicationg

13 (81%)

14 (88%)

1.00f

Anti-epileptic medication

11 (62.5%)

1 (6.25%)

0.001f

Alcohol abuseb

4 (27%)c

4 (31%)d

1.00f

Drowsiness

11 (69%)

11 (69%)

1.00f

  1. Number of subjects (%)
  2. a Mean (SD, range)
  3. b The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) ≥ 8
  4. cn = 15 dn = 13
  5. eMann-Whitney test fFisher exact test
  6. g anti-depressive and anti-psychotic medication
  7. AUDS: Acute Unstable Depressive Syndrome. MDE: Major Depressive Episode
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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