Characteristics of patients with depression initiating or switching antidepressant treatment: baseline analyses of the PERFORM cohort study

Table 3 Resource use for patients with a depressive episode of more than 8 weeks’ duration^a

Resource use in the past 12 weeks	Percent of patients (n analysed)^b		P-value: switching vs initiating	Percent of patients overall (n)^c
Resource use in the past 12 weeks	Switching	Initiating	P-value: switching vs initiating	Percent of patients overall (n)^c
No. of physician visits	(157)	(432)	< 0.001	(589)
0	3.8	12.0		9.8
1	10.8	22.5		19.4
2	11.5	17.6		16.0
3	17.2	13.2		14.3
≥ 4	56.7	34.5		40.4
Unknown	0	0.2		0.2
General practitioner (any cause)^d	91.2 (160)	82.8 (435)	0.010	85.0 (595)
Psychiatrist^d	27.5 (160)	15.9 (435)	0.001	19.0 (595)
Psychotherapist/counselling^d	19.4 (160)	12.9 (435)	0.047	14.6 (595)
Other specialist^d	26.2 (160)	19.1 (435)	0.057	21.0 (595)
Hospitalization	3.8 (160)	2.1 (435)	0.248	2.5 (595)
Sick leave	90.5 (63)	78.0 (141)	0.033	81.9 (204)

P-values in bold indicate statistically significant differences
^an = 595 patients in total: n = 160 switching and n = 435 initiating antidepressant therapy
^bNumber of patients included in between-group comparison
^cTotal number of patients providing data
^dPatients (n = 8–20 in total for each resource) for whom the information was reported as ‘unknown’ by the physician were included in the analysis as having used the resource

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