Table 3.

Global outcome, remission, and relapse in randomised and patient preference groups. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients. Totals exclude missing data but include patients in whom outcome was uncertain

	Randomised patients				Patient preference			P value for Mantel Haenszel χ2 test
	Counselling (n=52)	Antidepressants (n=51)	P value		Counselling (n=140)	Antidepressants (n=80)	P value
Global outcome:
Good or moderate	29 (56)	33 (65)	0.854*		90 (64)	54 (68)	0.803*	0.626
Good	13 (25)	21 (41)	0.196*		50 (36)	22 (28)	0.191*	0.868
Ever remitted	33/48 (69)	39/50 (78)	0.633*		95/129 (74)	54/78 (69)	0.872*	0.739 (yes v no)
Ever relapsed	5/33 (15)	4/39 (10)	0.820†		18/95 (19)	6/54 (11)	0.615*	0.455
Outpatient psychiatric referral	2 (4)	0	0.505†		10 (7)	5 (6)	0.927*	0.668
Inpatient treatment for depression	1‡ (2)	2 (4)	0.970†		2 (1)	0	0.849†	§
Other inpatient treatment	6 (12)	8 (16)	0.711*		22 (16)	14 (18)	0.706*	0.498

^*χ² test. 

^†Fisher's exact test. 

^‡One patient attended twice. 

^§Invalid because of small numbers.