Persistence and compliance to antidepressant treatment in patients with depression: A chart review

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Effects of Clinical Characteristics on Medication Possession Rates (MPR)

	F value	P value
	Effects on MPR of initial antidepressant^a
Antidepressant	F_(6,279) = 0.87	0.52
Sex	F_(1,279) = 0.79	0.38
Age group	F_(2,279) = 3.36	0.036 ^b
Anxiolytics use	F_(1,279) = 0.88	0.35
Hypnotics use	F_(1,279) = 0.08	0.77
	Effects on MPR of any antidepressant^c
Sex	F _(1,343) = 4.43	0.036
Age group	F _(2,343) = 3.39	0.035
Anxiolytics use	F_(1,343) = 1.24	0.27
Hypnotics use	F_(1,343) = 0.075	0.78

Underlined figures represent statistically significant values.
^aUnivariate general linear model, Corrected Model: F_(87,279) = 1.29, p = 0.07, R² = 0.29
^bAlthough the p-value was < 0.05, the model statistics failed to show any statistical significance as described above.
^cUnivariate general linear model, Corrected Model: F_(23,343) = 1.78, p = 0.016, R² = 0.11

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