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. 2000 Dec 9;321(7274):1450. doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1450

Table 5.

Diagnosis of depressive disorders at 6 and 12 months

Centre Proportion not depressed (%)
Difference Proportion not depressed (%)
Difference
 6 months
12 months
Control group Treatment group Control group Treatment group
1 Problem solving  8/19 (42) 11/19 (58) 16  9/17 (53) 11/16 (69) 16
2 Problem solving 12/20 (60) 20/24 (83) 23 13/20 (65) 13/22 (59) −6
3 Depression prevention   3/6 (50)    5/5 (100) 50   5/7 (71)    4/4 (100) 29
4 Depression prevention   4/6 (67)   2/3 (67) 0   4/6 (67)   3/5 (60) −7
5 Depression prevention  9/17 (53) 18/31 (58) 5  8/16 (50) 18/35 (51) −1
6 Depression prevention  6/18 (33) 12/32 (38) 4 10/18 (56) 14/31 (45) −10
7 Problem solving   2/6 (33)  8/15 (53) 20   5/7 (71) 11/17 (68) −7
8 Problem solving 10/31 (32) 12/22 (55) 22 16/25 (64) 12/19 (63) −1
8 Depression prevention 10/31 (32)   7/9 (78) 46 16/25 (64)   5/8 (63) −2
9 Problem solving  8/18 (44)  7/18 (39) −6  8/13 (62)  8/15 (53) −8
Total for problem solving 40/94 (43) 58/98 (59) 17* 50/82 (61) 55/89 (62) 1
Total for depression prevention 32/78 (41) 44/80 (55) 14 43/72 (60) 44/83 (53) −7§
*

Odds ratio 1.39, number needed to treat 6. 

Odds ratio 1.01. 

Odds ratio 1.31, number needed to treat 7. 

§

Odds ratio 0.89.