Table 1 Symptom Remission Given Characteristics of Antidepressant Use. (Calculated from Remission Rate in Treatment Episodes of 3329 Training Cases)
From: A surrogate measure for patient reported symptom remission in administrative data
Variable | Level | Likelihood Ratio | Number with Remission | Number without Remission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Duration | Duration of 2 weeks | 0.013 | 4 | 461 |
Duration of 4 weeks | 0.017 | 31 | 409 | |
Duration of 6 weeks | 0.195 | 71 | 561 | |
Duration of 9 weeks | 0.499 | 213 | 660 | |
Duration of 12 weeks | 2.680 | 1030 | 595 | |
Duration of 14 weeks | 2.007 | 770 | 594 | |
Switch or Augmentation | Switch in the Same Family | 1/283 | 0 | 282 |
Switch to a Different Family | 0.002 | 0 | 1115 | |
No Switch & Not Augmented | 1.039 | 1464 | 2399 | |
No Switch & Augmented | 0.008 | 3 | 601 | |
Therapeutic Level | Met Therapeutic Level | 0.982 | 2093 | 3627 |
Did Not Meet Therapeutic Level | 0.204 | 63 | 525 | |
History of Antidepressant Use | 1st Antidepressant | 1.039 | 1469 | 2406 |
2nd Antidepressant | 1 | 518 | 881 | |
3rd Antidepressant | 0.771 | 107 | 236 | |
4th Antidepressant | 0.766 | 36 | 80 | |
4+ Antidepressant | 0.661 | 26 | 67 | |
Total Episodes | 2156 | 3670 |