Table 3.
The correlation between the daily dosage of medications and depression levels based on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and Beck’s Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)
| Level of depression |
Kind of scale
(mean ± SD) |
Prednisolone
(mean ± SD) |
Pyridostigmine
(mean ± SD) |
Azathioprine
(mean ± SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No depression | HDRS | 18.40 ± 21.63 | 169.09 ± 113.59 | 51.13 ± 76.17 |
| BDI-II | 15.43 ± 19.57 | 177.93 ± 102.02 | 60.34 ± 74.25 | |
| Mild depression | HDRS | 8.92 ± 8.19 | 182.85 ± 83.73 | 64.28 ± 81.22 |
| BDI-II | 11.25 ± 11.25 | 175.71 ± 92.54 | 32.14 ± 63.87 | |
| Moderate depression | HDRS | 14.16 ± 14.03 | 253.33 ± 65.57 | 58.33 ± 70.71 |
| BDI-II | 17.04 ± 16.57 | 234.54 ± 102.01 | 86.36 ± 90.39 | |
| Severe depression | HDRS | 14.00 ± 12.57 | 228.00 ± 115.41 | 90.00 ± 89.44 |
| BDI-II | 16.87 ± 22.54 | 225.00 ± 62.10 | 62.50 ± 79.05 | |
| Very severe depression | HDRS | 27.50 ± 30.61 | 204.00 ± 68.41 | 40.00 ± 65.19 |
| BDI-II | - | - | - | |
| P | HDRS | 0.210 | 0.217 | 0.839 |
| BDI-II | 0.835 | 0.260 | 0.367 |
HDRS: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; BDI-II: Beck’s Depression Inventory-II; SD: Standard deviation