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Table 1 Demographic variables and comorbidities among patients with major depressive disorder

From: Headache: an important factor associated with muscle soreness/pain at the two-year follow-up point among patients with major depressive disorder

 

Baseline

Two years

Case number

155

131

Age (years)

30.3 ± 8.0

32.5 ± 8.3

Educational years

13.4 ± 2.5

13.5 ± 2.5

Female (%)

68.4

66.4

In employment (%)

59.4

58.8

Married (%)

38.7

40.5

With pharmacotherapy (%)

–

22.9

With migraine (%)

47.1

46.6

With anxiety disorders (%)

45.2

45.8

HADS-D scoresa

14.4 ± 3.4

7.1 ± 5.3

HADS-A scoresa

14.8 ± 3.4

8.7 ± 4.6

Headache intensityb

4.2 ± 3.1

2.1 ± 2.6

Headache frequencyc

3.4 ± 2.6

2.2 ± 2.5

  1. HADS-D the depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), HADS-A the anxiety subscale of the HADS
  2. a50.3 and 56.1 % of the subjects had severe depression and anxiety at baseline, respectively, with HADS-D and HADS-A scores ranging from 15 to 21
  3. bThe average headache intensity, measured using a visual analog scale, in the past week
  4. cThe headache days in the past week
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The Journal of Headache and Pain

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