TABLE 4.
Symptom measures for women by use of psychotropic agents postpartum
| No Psych Medication | Medicated | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Week 2 Na=21 | Week 12 N=14 | Week 26 N=14 | Week 52 N=14 | Week 2 N=67 | Week 12 N=53 | Week 26 N=40 | Week 52 N=40 |
| SIGH-ADS | 15.3±8.3 | 12.6±8.1 | 14.3±7.4 | 15.2±8.0 | 16.6±9.0 | 14.8±8.5 | 17.4±10.3 | 14.5±10.0 |
| HAM-D | 10.1±6.2 | 8.1±6.1 | 7.8±5.0 | 9.1±5.4 | 11.3±6.6 | 9.6±5.9 | 10.9±7.2 | 9.4±6.9 |
| GAS | 69.0±11.9 | 74.1±12.3 | 70.8±10.2 | 62.4±12.1 | 63.9±10.6 | 64.7±9.3 | 62.4±11.8 | 65.9±12.1 |
| SF12 Mental scale | 42.4±11.2 | 45.1±9.7 | 43.4±11.5 | 39.7±11.6 | 40.7±12.9 | 37.3±11.8 | 36.8±15.0 | 38.7±11.8 |
| SF12 Physical scale | 45.2±9.7 | 51.1±6.4 | 50.3±7.2 | 45.2±15.8 | 46.8±10.0 | 48.7±11.1 | 46.6±10.0 | 44.5±10.5 |
| MRS>0 | 7 (33.3) | 3 (21.4) | 2 (14.3) | 4 (28.6) | 21 (31.3) | 17 (32.1) | 11 (27.5) | 9 (22.5) |
GAS, Global Assessment Scale; HAM-D, 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; MRS, Mania Rating Scale; SF-12, 12-item Short-Form health sur-vey; SIGH-ADS, Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale–Atypical Depression Supplement.
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N is the number of women providing data at the assessment point.