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Table 1 Summary of dependent variables

From: Variation and ethnic inequalities in treatment of common mental disorders before, during and after pregnancy: combined analysis of routine and research data in the Born in Bradford cohort

Variable

Categories

Identification (binary)

Presence of identification Read codes

 

Absence of identification Read codes

Identified indication (binary)

Presence of anxiety Read codes

 

Presence of depression Read codes only

Identified indication (three-category)

Presence of depression Read codes only

Presence of anxiety Read codes only

Presence of comorbid anxiety and depression Read codes, or both anxiety and depression Read codes

Treatment (four-category)

Pharmacological treatment only

 

Non-pharmacological treatment only

 

Both types of treatment

 

No treatment

Pharmacological treatment (three-category

Treated with drugs that are primarily antidepressant

Treated with drugs that are primarily anxiolytic

Treated with both types of drugs

  1. Dependent variables were separately derived for each analysis period (pre-birth, postnatal year), see text for further description