Table 5.
Percentage difference (‘% difference’) in depressive symptom scale scores at 3–4 months post-baseline per unit increase in baseline prognostic indicator
| Adjusted for treatment | Additionally adjusted for depressive severity and ‘disorder characteristics’ | Additionally adjusted for age, gender, and marital status | Additionally adjusted for age, gender, marital status, and employment status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline variable | Percentage difference in depressive symptoms | Number of studies | Heterogeneity | Percentage difference in depressive symptoms | Number of studies | Heterogeneity | Percentage difference in depressive symptoms | Number of studies | Heterogeneity | Percentage difference in depressive symptoms | Number of Studies | Heterogeneity |
| % difference (95%CI) | K | I2 | % difference (95%CI) | K | I2 | % difference (95%CI) | K | I2 | % difference (95%CI) | K | I2 | |
| Age (per 5 year increase) | −0.75(−2.61 to 1.14) | 8 | 73 | 0.45(−1.27 to 2.20) | 8 | 68 | −2.10(−9.68 to 6.11) | 8 | 0 | −2.47(−9.97 to 5.66) | 8 | 0 |
| Age group | −1.45(−5.26 to 2.51) | 8 | 73 | 0.97(−2.7 to 4.78) | 8 | 69 | −3.23(−10.19 to 4.27) | 8 | 0 | −4.03(−10.87 to 3.32) | 8 | 0 |
| Age (16–29 – reference) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Age (30–39) | −8.41(−16.62 to 0.60) | 8 | 19 | −6.06(−14.13 to 2.78) | 8 | 18 | −3.45(−11.46 to 5.27) | 8 | 6 | −3.80(−11.60 to 4.70) | 8 | 0 |
| Age (40–49) | −3.08(−16.93 to 13.08) | 8 | 73 | −1.13(−10.69 to 9.46) | 8 | 40 | 2.29(−7.49 to 13.11) | 8 | 28 | 2.09(−7.82 to 13.06) | 8 | 29 |
| Age (50–59) | −0.58(−11.03 to 11.08) | 8 | 40 | 3.57(−9.17 to 18.11) | 8 | 57 | 6.24(−6.25 to 20.38) | 8 | 43 | 4.50(−7.40 to 17.94) | 8 | 38 |
| Age (60 + ) | −8.92(−24.30 to 9.59) | 8 | 71 | 3.47(−11.23 to 20.62) | 8 | 58 | 6.47(−9.63 to 25.43) | 8 | 56 | 4.04(−12.67 to 23.94) | 8 | 60 |
| Gender (women – reference) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gender (men) | 2.9(−2.53 to 8.63) | 8 | 0 | 4.13(−1.1 to 9.63) | 8 | 0 | 4.33(−1.03 to 9.99) | 8 | 4 | 2.61(−3.02 to 8.56) | 8 | 15 |
| Marital status | 10.07(6.61 to 13.64) | 8 | 0 | 6.82(3.64 to 10.1) | 8 | 0 | 6.81(3.61 to 10.12) | 8 | 0 | 4.85(1.61 to 8.19) | 8 | 3 |
| Married (reference) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Single | 18.12(11.34 to 25.31) | 8 | 0 | 12.02(5.95 to 18.44) | 8 | 0 | 13.76(7.10 to 20.83) | 8 | 0 | 9.25(2.78 to 16.13) | 8 | 0 |
| No longer married | 19.17(11.64 to 27.21) | 8 | 0 | 12.72(5.92 to 19.94) | 8 | 0 | 11.97(5.10 to 19.29) | 8 | 0 | 8.02(1.31 to 15.18) | 8 | 0 |
Note: Association for ordinal variables is per category increase from first category shown below the variable down to the last (i.e. married to single, single to no longer married). ‘Disorder characteristics' adjusted for are: baseline BDI-II score, average anxiety duration, depression duration, comorbid panic disorder and history of antidepressant treatment