Table 4. Change in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale scores according to ribavirin treatment.

Time treatment	n	Ribavirin	**HADS-A (Mean ± *SD)	***HADS-D (Mean ± *SD)
Baseline	82	Yes	6.18 ± 4.27	4.44 ± 4.10
	55	No	6.24 ± 4.00	4.71 ± 4.21
Week 4	80	Yes	6.10 ± 4.67	4.49 ± 4.03
	60	No	5.58 ± 4.02	4.32 ± 4.27
End of treatment	84	Yes	6.18 ± 4.95	5.15 ± 4.64
	60	No	6.08 ± 3.84	4.30 ± 4.17
12 weeks after the end of treatment	34	Yes	5.60 ± 5.16	4.66 ± 5.35
	38	No	5.54 ± 3.51	4.26 ± 3.85

*SD Standard deviation

** HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depresion Scale -Anxiety score

***HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depresion Scale- Depression score