Skip to main content
. 2020 Mar 4;20:89. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-1495-2

Table 3.

Logistic regression analyses of the associations of severe depressive symptoms, depressive disorder, and suicidality outcomes with the intervention (vs. active controls) at the follow-up assessment

Total sample Baseline fewer depressive symptoms a Baseline more depressive symptoms a
Intervention Control Adjusted ORc (95% CI) Intervention Control Adjusted ORc (95% CI) Intervention Control Adjusted ORc (95% CI)
case/nb (%) case/nb (%) case/nb (%)
Severe depressive symptoms
 SGDS ≥8 16/81 (19.8) 5/60 (8.3) 2.90 (0.68–12.46) 6/58 (10.3) 0/50 (0.0) _ 10/19 (52.6) 5/10 (50.0) 0.02 (0.00–17.47)
Depressive disorder
 Major or minor depressive episode 5/77 (6.5) 2/60 (3.3) 1.38 (0.21–8.83) 2/55 (3.6) 0/51 (0.0) _ 3/18 (16.7) 2/9 (22.2) 0.48 (0.04–6.02)
Suicidality
 Suicidal ideation/plans/attempts 5/57 (8.8) 2/60 (3.3) 2.24 (0.31–16.04) 3/41 (7.3) 1/50 (2.0) 4.98 (0.37–67.69) 2/12 (16.7) 1/10 (10.0) _

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, SGD Geriatric Depression Scale – Short Form

a Participants were stratified by baseline SGDS scores (< 6 vs. ≥ 6)

b Numbers of participants followed-up for each outcome variable

c Odds ratios with active controls as the reference group: adjusted for age, sex, years of education, type of medical insurance, and baseline outcome variables