Broader conceptualization of remission assessed by the remission from depression questionnaire and its association with symptomatic remission: a prospective, multicenter, observational study

Table 2 Treatment history for major depressive disorder

Treatment for current MDD episode
Prior to visit^a	Baseline	Month 6
Prior to visit^a	N = 613	N = 613
Any treatment (n)	589 (96.1 %)	NA
Psychotherapy	29 (4.9 %)	NA
Tricyclic antidepressants	19 (3.2 %)	NA
SSRI	303 (51.4 %)	NA
SNRI	202 (34.3 %)	NA
Antipsychotics	0 (0.0 %)	NA
Mood stabilizers	4 (0.7 %)	NA
Light therapy, ECT, or herbal remedies	0	NA
Other	32 (5.4 %)	NA
At visit^b	Baseline	Month 6
Any treatment (n)	474 (77.3 %)	377 (61.5 %)
Psychotherapy	22 (4.6 %)	14 (3.7 %)
Tricyclic antidepressants	15 (3.2 %)	15 (4.0 %)
SSRI	225 (47.5 %)	168 (44.6 %)
SNRI	182 (38.4 %)	154 (40.8 %)
Antipsychotics	2 (0.4 %)	2 (0.5 %)
Mood stabilizers	4 (0.8 %)	6 (1.6 %)
Light therapy, ECT, or herbal remedies	0	0
Other	24 (5.1 %)	18 (4.8 %)

Abbreviations: ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, MDD major depressive disorder, N number of patients involved in the summary, n number of patients in the given category, NA not applicable, SNRI serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
^aApart from the row, ‘Any treatment’, all other percentages in ‘Prior to visit’ section use. n = 589 (n of patients with any treatment) as denominator
^bApart from the row, ‘Any treatment’, all other percentages in ‘At visit’ section use. n = 474 (n of patients with any treatment) as denominator

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