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. 2015 Mar 5;32(3):288–296. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmv009

Table 3.

Comparison of PHQ-9 and SF-12v2 component scores by detection status in the PHQ-9 positive cohort

Doctor detection (−ve) Doctor detection (+ve) P value
Raw scores at each time point
PHQ-9 score (mean ± SD)
 At baseline 13.3±3.2 14.9±4.1 <0.001*
 At 12 weeks 6.4±4.5 8.1±5.5 0.007*
 At 26 weeks 5.8±4.6 7.3±6.3 0.029*
 At 52 weeks 5.2±4.8 6.1±5.6 0.113
SF-12v2 PCS (mean ± SD)
 At baseline 42.8±11.8 41.9±12.2 0.500
 At 12 weeks 43.2±12.2 42.0±12.4 0.505
 At 26 weeks 46.4±10.8 45.5±11.1 0.559
 At 52 weeks 47.6±10.2 45.8±11.9 0.139
SF-12v2 MCS (mean ± SD)
 At baseline 40.0±11.8 31.8±12.3 <0.001*
 At 12 weeks 48.0±10.6 45.5±12.3 0.093
 At 26 weeks 49.3±11.3 46.9±14.0 0.156
 At 52 weeks 50.8±11.0 49.5±11.9 0.325
Difference in scores between baseline and each subsequent follow-up time point
PHQ-9 score (mean ± SD)
 Between baseline and 12 weeks −7.0±5.0 −7.2±6.3 0.785
 Between baseline and 26 weeks −7.3±4.6 −7.4±7.1 0.894
 Between baseline and 52 weeks −8.1±5.5 −8.8±6.6 0.313
SF-12v2 PCS (mean ± SD)
 Between baseline and 12 weeks 0.8±12.2 0.6±12.8 0.904
 Between baseline and 26 weeks 3.3±11.2 4.4±13.7 0.501
 Between baseline and 52 weeks 5.3±11.1 3.8±12.8 0.270
SF-12v2 MCS (mean ± SD)
 Between baseline and 12 weeks 6.9±12.2 14.7±13.5 <0.001*
 Between baseline and 26 weeks 10.0±13.2 15.3±14.5 0.005*
 Between baseline and 52 weeks 10.7±13.4 16.8±14.7 <0.001*

*Significant difference (P < 0.05) between groups by independent t-test.