Table 3. Mean change in 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Beck Depression Inventory and Greene Climacteric Scale among groups after six weeks of treatment.

SCALE	HOMEOPATHY (n = 44)	FLUOXETINE (n = 46)	PLACEBO (n = 43)	P-value
	mean(SD) [95% CI]	mean(SD) [95% CI]	mean(SD) [95% CI]
HRSD
Baseline	21.2 (2.7) [20.4–22.0]	20.6 (2.9) [19.7–21.5]	20.7 (3.1) [19.8–21.7]	0.604 1
4 weeks	12.4 (2.9) [11.5–13.3]	15.2 (2.9) [14.3–16.1]	17.1 (3.6) [15.9–18.3]	0.000 2
6 weeks	9.9 (3.0) [9.0–10.9]	11.7 (3.7) [10.5–12.9]	15.0 (3.7) [13.7–16.2]	0.000 3
BDI
Baseline	26.3 (7.2) [24.1–28.4]	25 (7.8) [22.7–27.3]	27 (9.0) [24.2–29.8]	0.502 4
4 weeks	17.7 (9.9) [14.7–20.7]	18.8 (8.3) [16.3–21.4]	21.7 (10.4).[18.3–25.0]	0.157 5
6 weeks	12.0 (6.1) [10.1–13.9]	14.2 (7.8) [11.7–16.7]	15.5 (8.8) [12.5–18.4]	0.130 6
GS
Baseline	35.3 (8.5) [32.7–37.9]	33.5 (10.1) [30.5–36.5]	37.9 (11.5) [34.3–41.4]	0.125 7
4 weeks	23.0 (8.5) [20.4–25.6]	28.3 (11.1) [24.9–31.6]	33.1 (11.0) [29.6–36.7]	0.000 8
6 weeks	18.1 (7.8) [15.7–20.6]	23.1 (12.3) [19.2–27.1]	26.8 (11.7) [22.8–30.7]	0.002 9

¹One-way ANOVA, F (2,130) = 0.506.

²F (2,125) = 22.8, eta squared = 0.26.

³F (2,115) = 20.2, eta squared = 0.26.

⁴F (2,130) = 0.692.

⁵F (2,125) = 1.87.

⁶F (2,116) = 2.08.

⁷F (2,130) = 2.11.

⁸F (2,125) = 10.1, eta squared = 0.13.

⁹F (2,116) = 6.41.