Depression Care
depression, depressed, depressive, depressive symptoms
REGRESSION
The sample’s mean (SD) PHQ-9 score at baseline was 12.7 (5.2), with 267 (68.3%) having scores (> 9) indicative of clinical depression and warranting treatment; depression levels did not differ between the two study arms at baseline (see Table Among the 372 who completed the PP assessment, mean (SD) PHQ-9 score at PP was 7.8 (5.6), with 127 (34.1%) having clinical depression; the control group had higher levels of depressive symptomatology (mean PHQ-9 = 10.0 vs. 5.6; t = 8.2, df = 7, p < 0.001), less reduction in depressive symptoms (mean reduction in PHQ-9 = 3.2 vs. 5.7; t = 4.2, df = 7, p < 0.001), and a higher rate of clinical depression (49.7% vs. 18.7%; t = 6.6, df = 7, p < 0.001), compared to the intervention arm. The multivariate logistic regression model showed that the intervention had a strong effect on depression status at the PP assessment, with those in the intervention group being 80% less likely of being clinically depressed compared to women in the control group [Adjusted OR (95% CI) 0.20 (0.05, 0.83); see Table 