Table 1.
The Current Scores of the 19 SMON Patients for Each of the SDS Questionnaires.
| Difference | Age | Gender | Total SDS scores |
1 | 2* | 3 | 4* | 5 | 6 | 7* | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 86 | M | 58 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | 77 | M | 46 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 88 | F | 49 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 75 | F | 49 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 76 | F | 46 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 78 | F | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 88 | F | 43 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 66 | F | 53 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 82 | M | 52 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 89 | M | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 74 | M | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 79 | F | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| -4 | 70 | M | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| -16 | 76 | F | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| -16 | 80 | F | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| -18 | 71 | F | 49 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| -20 | 73 | M | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| -25 | 76 | F | 34 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| -25 | 84 | F | 38 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
The patients were arranged according to the degree of difference between their previous and current total SDS scores (top to bottom). The total SDS scores of the upper six patients increased by ≥10% in comparison to the previous examinations. The depressive mental states of these patients were considered to be aggravated. The remaining 13 patients in whom the total SDS scores increased by <10% were classified into the non- aggravation group. The numbers of the uppermost line indicate the 20 SDS questionnaires (8): 1: depressed affect, 2*: diurnal variation, 3: crying spells, 4*: sleep disturbance, 5: decreased appetite, 6: decreased libido; 7*: weight loss, 8: constipation, 9: tachycardia, 10: fatigue, 11: confusion, 12: psychomotor retardation, 13: psychomotor agitation, 14: hopelessness, 15: irritability, 16: indecisiveness, 17: personal devaluation, 18: emptiness, 19: suicidal rumination, 20: dissatisfaction. The asterisks indicate the items in which significant differences were observed between two groups of patients (Mann-Whitney U test).