Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of all eighteen participants
Case No. | Age (years) | Sex | Duration of illness (months) | Duration of medication (months) | Duration of current depressive episode (months) | Number of previous depressive episodes | Dose of antidepressants (mg/day) | HRSD-17 score(0-54) | SF-36: PCS | SF-36: MCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 31 | M | 45 | 44 | 3 | 4 | SULP (150) AMI (150) | 14 | −7.2 | 34.4 |
2 | 27 | F | 27 | 27 | 16 | 1 | SER (150) | 8 | 38.6 | 46.7 |
3 | 55 | F | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | TRZ (75) MIA (10) | 10 | 35.3 | 56.0 |
4 | 56 | F | 103 | 103 | 6 | 4 | AMI (150) | 14 | 20.2 | 26.8 |
5 | 28 | F | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | SER (100) | 14 | 36.6 | 39.4 |
6 | 37 | M | 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | SER (100) | 13 | 5.1 | 39.3 |
7 | 61 | F | 105 | 105 | 6 | 3 | SER (125) | 6 | 49.6 | 56.9 |
8 | 38 | M | 62 | 62 | 3 | 0 | AMI (150) | 14 | 39.7 | 26.5 |
9 | 32 | F | 42 | 42 | 12 | 1 | AMI (25) | 8 | 18.9 | 47.3 |
10 | 44 | F | 316 | 316 | 14 | 6 | SULP (100) | 7 | 25.2 | 51.0 |
11 | 53 | M | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | SER (75) | 6 | 23.5 | 52.3 |
12 | 37 | M | 84 | 84 | 1.5 | 3 | MIL (150) | 22 | 28.2 | 25.3 |
13 | 56 | M | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | PAROX (40) | 9 | NA | NA |
14 | 53 | F | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | SER (75) | 5 | 49.3 | 64.9 |
15 | 68 | F | 18 | 18 | 8 | 1 | MIL (100) | 3 | 51.5 | 64.3 |
16 | 61 | F | 204 | 144 | 11 | 1 | MIL (50) | 6 | 35.5 | 40.4 |
17 | 31 | M | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | MIL (100) | 8 | 48.4 | 39.4 |
18 | 58 | F | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | AMI (100) | 3 | 40.3 | 36.7 |
Mean | 45.9 | M = 7 | 61.1 | 57.4 | 9.5 | 1.5 |  | 9.4 | 31.7 | 44.0 |
SD | 13.3 | F = 11 | 81.5 | 76.6 | 4.9 | 1.8 |  | 4.9 | 16.2 | 12.4 |