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. 2019 Aug 7;19:247. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2222-4

Table 2.

Depression-related characteristics among respondents with TRD or nTRD

Parameters TRD
(n = 622)
nTRD
(n = 2686)
P-value
% N % N
Family history of depression 47.7% 297 38.2% 1026 <0.001
Participation in talk therapy 33.3% 207 22.9% 616 <0.001
Anxiety 78.0% 485 61.6% 1654 <0.001
Suicide ideation 17.0% 106 8.2% 220 <0.001
Prescription medication use for depression
SSRI/SNRI/SARI/NaSSA 92.6% 576 90.0% 2417 <0.001
TeCA/TCA 21.9% 136 9.7% 261 <0.001
Benzodiazepine 11.3% 70 1.2% 32 <0.001
Anti-Psychotics 8.0% 50 1.0% 26 <0.001
NDRI/NRI 2.9% 18 0.9% 25 <0.001
MOAI/RIMA 1.0% 6 .0% 1 <0.001

MAOI Monoamine oxidase inhibitors, MDD major depressive disorder, nTRD non-treatment resistant depression, NA not applicable, NaSSA Noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant, NDRI Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitors, NRI norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, RIMA Reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase A, SD standard deviation, SSRI Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SNRI Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, TCA tricyclic antidepressants, TeCA tetracyclic antidepressants, TRD treatment resistant depression