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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2015 Sep 21;105(8):642–647. doi: 10.7196/samjnew.8794

Table 5.

Treatment, depression group

Medications prescribed or other management All participants
(N=2 466)
n (%)
CESD-10 score
Median (IQR)
Antidepressant medications
  No antidepressant medications 1 902 (77.1) 14 (12 – 17)
  Antidepressant at therapeutic dose 294 (11.9) 19 (14 – 22)
  Antidepressant at subtherapeutic dose 250 (10.1) 15 (12 – 19)
  Missing information 20 (0.8)
Received counselling in past year 402 (16.3) 15 (12 – 20)
Psychiatric referral in past year 175 (7.1) 17 (13 – 21)
Antidepressant at therapeutic dose or counselling in past year or psychiatric referral in past year 614 (24.9) 16 (12 – 20)