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Published in final edited form as: Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2011 Sep 14;22(3):183–199. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2011.07.010

Table 6.

Week 28 outcome measures by baseline QIDS-SR16

Measure Baseline QIDS-SR16
Unadjusted
Adjusted*
Mild
n=81
Moderate
n=238
Severe
n=260
Very severe
n=67
Moderate
vs. Mild
Severe
vs. Mild
Very severe
vs. mild
p-value Moderate
vs. Mild
Severe
vs. Mild
Very severe
vs. mild
p-value

% % % % OR OR OR OR OR OR
Exited acute phase 35.8 36.1 37.7 37.3 1.043 1.092 1.051 0.9899 1.093 0.960 0.654 0.6185
  Severe/intolerable 1.3 0.9 4.0 1.6
At least 1 SAE 6.2 5.9 6.5 10.4 0.945 0.936 1.358 0.9144 1.053 0.987 0.909 0.9972
At least 1 psychiatric SAE 1.2 1.7 2.7 4.5
Last 2 consecutive QIDS-SR16 <6|8 63.0 47.1 40.0 34.3 0.544 0.386 0.369 0.0033 0.624 0.591 0.839 0.2882
Percent QIDS-SR16 reduction >50% 59.3 58.1 54.9 72.7 1.037 0.828 1.991 0.0670 1.210 1.353 5.548 0.0020a

Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) β β β β β β

Maximum SAFTEE N worsening 10.9 (8.8) 9.9 (6.1) 10.2 (6.4) 10.1 (6.8) 0.978 0.984 0.954 0.9844 0.968 0.955 0.890 0.9040
Last SAFTEE N worsening 5.5 (6.0) 4.6 (5.1) 5.1 (5.3) 4.7 (5.1) −0.180 −0.154 −0.126 0.6436 −0.132 −0.147 −0.234 0.8006
Last QIDS-SR16 4.6 (4.3) 6.8 (4.5) 9.1 (6.2) 9.0 (6.2) 1.519 2.011 1.892 <.0001 1.394 1.605 1.224 0.0013b
Percent QIDS-SR16 change −43 (46.6) −49 (33.5) −50 (33.6) −60 (27.5) −6.871 −6.510 −18.28 0.0282 −8.412 −12.73 −32.40 0.0003c
IDS-C30 anxiety subscale 1.9 (1.9) 2.3 (2.1) 2.8 (2.3) 2.8 (2.0) 0.177 0.382 0.367 0.0090 0.097 0.111 −0.118 0.3213
Last QOLI 1.61 (2.11) 0.79 (2.18) −0.10 (2.39) 0.10 (2.77) −0.853 −1.769 −1.604 <.0001 −0.471 −0.942 −0.271 0.0234

Note: models assume either OR=1 or β=1 for reference category of the analysis variable.

QIDS-SR16 categories: mild = 0–10, moderate = 11–15, severe = 16–20, very severe = 21–27.

*

adjusted for treatment, age, sex, PDSQ, bulimia, OCD, PTSD, atypical and melancholic features, insomnia, CAST irritability and mania, CHRT, CPFQ, and WSAS.

models are unestimable.

an extremely non-normal distribution required binning.

Post-hoc tests indicate the following pairwise differences after correcting for multiple comparison:

a

Very severe vs. Moderate, Very severe vs. severe.

b

Moderate vs. Mild.

c

Very severe vs. Moderate, Very severe vs. Severe.

Abbreviations:; QIDS-SR16, 16 item quick inventory of depressive symptomatology – self-rated; QOLI, Quality of life inventory; SAE, Serious adverse event; SAFTEE, Systematic assessment for treatment emergent events; WSAS, Work and social adjustment scale.