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. 2018 Sep 9;2018:2047242. doi: 10.1155/2018/2047242

Table 2.

Effect of antidepressant use on subsequent development of IBD activity and according to anxiety and depression scores at baseline.

Antidepressant Use:  
All Patients
Antidepressant Use:  
Normal Anxiety and Depression Scores at Baseline
Antidepressant  
Use: Abnormal Anxiety or Depression Scores at Baseline
Antidepressant  
Use: Abnormal Anxiety Scores at Baseline
Antidepressant  
Use: Abnormal Depression Scores at Baseline
No Yes P value No Yes P value No Yes P value No Yes P value No Yes P value
Glucocorticosteroid prescription or flare of disease activity (%) 121/279
(43.4)
21/52
(40.4)
0.69 82/203
(40.4)
10/25
(40.0)
0.97 38/73
(52.1)
11/27
(40.1)
0.32 35/65
(53.8)
10/26
(38.5)
0.19 9/21 (42.9) 6/14 (42.9) 1.00

Escalation of medical therapy in response to uncontrolled disease activity (%) 120/279
(43.0)
17/52
(32.7)
0.17 85/203
(41.9)
10/25
(40.0)
0.86 34/73
(46.6)
7/27 (25.9) 0.06 31/65
(47.7)
6/26 (23.1) 0.03 8/21 (38.1) 5/14 (35.7) 0.89

Hospitalisation due to disease activity (%) 38/279
(13.6)
5/52
(9.6)
0.43 26/203
(12.8)
4/25 (16.0) 0.66 12/73
(16.4)
1/27
(3.7)
0.09 11/65
(16.9)
1/26
(3.8)
0.10 2/21
(9.5)
0/14
(0)
0.23

Intestinal resection (%) 15/279
(5.4)
4/52
(7.7)
0.51 8/203
(3.9)
3/25 (12.0) 0.08 7/73
(9.6)
1/27
(3.7)
0.34 6/65
(9.2)
1/26
(3.8)
0.38 2/21
(9.5)
0/14
(0)
0.23

Any adverse outcome (%) 148/279
(53.0)
24/52
(46.2)
0.36 102/203
(50.2)
12/25
(48.0)
0.83 45/73
(61.6)
12/27
(44.4)
0.12 42/65
(64.6)
11/26
(42.3)
0.05 10/21
(47.6)
6/14 (42.9) 0.78