Table 4.

Comparison of outcome at 12 months on research diagnostic criteria in patients receiving counselling or antidepressants

Research diagnostic criteria score	Randomised				Patient preference
	No (%) counselling	No (%) antidepressants	χ2 test (P value)		No (%) counselling	No (%) anti-depressants	χ2 test (P value)
Omitting patients with missed visits:
⩾4	10 (53)	6 (22)	3.30 (0.07)		12 (20)	3 (15)	0.03 (0.87)
<4	9 (47)	21 (78)			48 (80)	17 (85)
Assuming missed visit is treatment success:
⩾4	10 (19)	6 (12)	0.60 (0.44)		12 (9)	3 (4)	1.18 (0.28)
<4	42 (81)	45 (88)			128 (91)	77 (96)
Assuming missed visit is treatment failure:
⩾4	43 (83)	30 (59)	6.00 (0.01)		92 (66)	63 (79)	3.55 (0.06)
<4	9 (17)	21 (41)			48 (34)	17 (21)