Table 5.
Comparison of incidence (n, %) of adverse effects in patients with depression with and without history of affective disorders in first-degree relatives
| adverse effect | with family
history (n=37) |
without
family
history (n=40) |
statistic | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dizziness | 8 (21.6%) | 7 (17.5%) | X2=0.21 | 0.648 |
| palpitation | 4 (10.8%) | 3 (7.5%) | Fisher’s exact | 0.705 |
| tremor | 3 (8.1%) | 2 (5.0%) | Fisher’s exact | 0.667 |
| dry mouth | 6 (16.2%) | 6 (15.0%) | X2=0.02 | 0.883 |
| constipation | 5 (13.5%) | 4 (10.0%) | X2=0.23 | 0.731 |
| sexual dysfunction | 5 (13.5%) | 14 (35.0%) | X2=4.74 | 0.029 |
| nausea | 5 (13.5%) | 6 (15.0%) | X2=0.04 | 0.850 |
| ANY adverse effect | 19 (51.4%) | 22 (55.0%) | X2=0.10 | 0.749 |