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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2020 Jul 14;177(10):965–973. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19080844

Table 3.

Psychiatric assessments and hormone levels.

Testosterone Placebo P-value*
Baseline 8 Weeks Baseline 8 Weeks
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Depression Symptom Severity
 MADRS Score 26.8 6.3 15.3 9.6 26.3 5.4 14.4 9.3 0.91
 CGI-S Score 4.3 0.6 3.1 1.4 4.3 0.6 2.8 1.2 0.78
 IDS-SR 35.9 10.5 20.1 11.2 34.9 10.0 19.1 10.1 0.81
Fatigue and Sleepiness
 BFI 6.2 1.9 4.0 2.3 5.6 2.0 3.7 2.8 0.92
 ESS 8.0 4.7 6.0 4.2 9.4 4.7 6.8 3.6 0.80
 FSS 45.0 12.5 38.6 13.8 42.4 12.3 35.9 13.9 0.81
Sexual Function
 DISF 32.8 27.3 45.1 31.3 38.7 30.1 47.5 34.0 0.37
Quality of Life
 SF-36 PCS 66.7 20.3 72.6 19.6 66.7 20.6 74.3 18.3 0.43
 SF-36 MCS 29.5 13 54.5 22.4 33.1 14.5 54.5 19.7 0.27
Hormone Levels
 Total testosterone 19 11 105 70 18 9 18 10 p<0.0001
 Free testosterone 0.3 0.2 1.9 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 p<0.001
*

P -value for comparison of change in psychiatric assessment or hormone level from baseline to 8 weeks in subjects randomized to receive testosterone vs placebo. For SF-36, lower scores indicate worse quality of life. For DISF, lower scores indicate worse sexual function. For all other scales/questionnaires, higher scores indicate worse symptom severity. Abbreviations: MADRS: Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale; CGI-S: Clinician Global Impressions-Severity Scale; IDS-SR: Inventory of Depressive Symptomology-Self-Report; BFI: Brief Fatigue Inventory; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; FSS: Fatigue Severity Scale; DISF: Derogatis Interview for Sexual Function; SF-36 PCS: Short Form-36 Physical Component Score; SF-36 MCS: Short Form-36 Mental Component Score.