Table 2.

Scores on Beck depression inventory scale at 12 months

	Counselling			Antidepressants		Difference (95% CI)	P value
	No of patients	Mean (SD) score		No of patients	Mean (SD) score
Randomised patients	31	16.7 (11.5)		34	14.6 (13.1)	2.1 (−4.0 to 8.2)	0.49
All patients*	127	13.2 (11.3)		80	12.8 (10.7)	0.4 (−2.7 to 3.5)	0.81

^*Score adjusted for patient preference or randomised group and baseline score for research diagnostic criteria: P=0.34.