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. 2020 May 19;11:444. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00444

Table 4.

Factors associated with discontinuation of BDZ/Z-drug and successful switch to Melatonin CR in MDD patients with insomnia (univariate and multivariate analysis).

Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
Model 1 (Age- and gender-adjusted) Model 2 (Age- and gender-adjusted)
odds ratio (95%CI) p-value odds ratio (95%CI) p-value odds ratio (95%CI) p-value
Age 1.01 (0.97-1.06) 0.49
Gender, female 0.88 (0.42-1.85) 0.73
Occupational status
 No Ref 0.37
 Yes 0.61 (0.20-1.80)
 Homemakers 0.44 (0.18-1.09)
Years of education 1.06 (0.97-1.15) 1.06 (0.96-1.18) 0.25 1.03 (0.93-1.15) 0.55
HAMD score, total 0.93 (0.88-0.99) 0.018* 0.98 (0.89-1.07) 0.65
HAMD score, anxiety/somatization factor 0.78 (0.67-0.92) 0.003** 0.85 (0.69-1.05) 0.132
HAMA score, total 0.88 (0.82-0.95) 0.000*** 0.86 (0.80-0.93) 0.000***
HAMA score, somatic anxiety 0.73 (0.64-0.84) 0.000*** 0.74 (0.64-0.83) 0.000***
Total duration of BDZ/Z-drug therapy(days) 0.73 (0.63-0.86) 0.000*** 0.99 (0.99-1.00) 0.000*** 0.99 (0.99-1.00) 0.000***
Time to the first use of antidepressant from initiation of BDZ/Z-drug (days) 0.83 (0.74-0.94) 0.003** 0.85 (0.73-0.98) 0.025*
Number of concomitant use of BDZ/Z-drug 0.46 (0.27-0.78) 0.004** 0.58 (0.30-1.13) 0.11 0.51 (0.26-0.97) 0.041*

HAMD, Hamilton depression rating scale; HAMA, Hamilton anxiety rating scale; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.