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Table 2 Number and percent of patients who had prescriptions for antidepressants and sedatives and stated medication at baseline and 3-, 6-, and 12-months follow up, respectively, in the intervention and TAU groups

From: Use of a self-rating scale to monitor depression severity in recurrent GP consultations in primary care – does it really make a difference? A randomised controlled study

 

Baseline

3 months follow-up

6 months follow-up

12 months follow-up

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(% )

n

(%)

Antidepressants

       

 Intervention (n = 125)

27

(22)

90

(72)

86

(69)**

74

(59)

 TAU (n = 133)

43

(32)

96

(72)

78

(59)

77

(58)

Sedatives

        

 Intervention

26

(21)

64

(51)

53

(42)

52

(42)

 TAU¤

32

(24)

73

(55)

56

(42)

51

(38)

  1. ¤ TAU treatment as usual
  2. **Significantly higher proportion of patients in intervention group still on antidepressants after 6 months, p = 0.007
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