Timing of psychoeducation for patients with depression who were treated with antidepressants: when should patients receive psychoeducation

Figures & data

Table 1 The number of participants who received or did not receive explanations of each psychoeducation item

Items	Not received	Received (at first visit:after first visit)
A	178	246 (193:53)
B	228	196 (108:88)
C	223	201 (146:55)
D	193	231 (161:70)
E	239	185 (116:69)
F	311	113 (48:65)
G	221	203 (126:77)
H	281	143 (88:55)

Notes: A, depressive symptoms; B, the course of depression; C, the causes of depression; D, the treatment plan; E, the duration of antidepressant uses; F, discontinuation of antidepressants; G, the side effects of antidepressants; and H, psychotherapy.

Table 2 Comparisons between the two groups of subjects: those receiving explanations at their first visit vs after their first visit

Items	Variables	First visit	After first visit	p-value
A (n=246)	n (male:female)	193 (80:113)	53 (13:40)	0.024*
	Scores
	A	6.4±2.3	5.6±2.2	0.023*
	B	5.9±2.6	4.9±2.6	0.014*
	C	6.3±2.5	5.6±2.6	0.086
	D	6.0±2.5	5.3±2.8	0.050
	E	5.1±2.8	4.4±3.1	0.155
	F	4.0±3.1	4.4±3.1	0.849
	G	4.9±3.1	4.5±3.2	0.336
	H	4.2±3.0	4.3±2.8	0.874
	Total	42.5±16.9	40.9±17.7	0.590
	GAF	66.5±13.5	65.9±13.9	0.744
	QIDS	8.9±5.9	11.3±6.2	0.018*
	Remitters:nonremitters	64:117	10:38	0.056
B (n=196)	n (male:female)	108 (40:68)	88 (36:52)	0.580
	Scores
	A	6.7±2.4	6.0±2.2	0.039*
	B	6.4±2.5	5.7±2.4	0.053
	C	6.5±2.4	6.1±2.3	0.203
	D	6.6±2.4	5.8±2.3	0.036*
	E	5.6±2.8	4.8±2.8	0.052
	F	4.1±3.2	4.2±2.9	0.911
	G	4.9±3.2	5.0±2.8	0.918
	H	4.3±3.1	4.7±3.7	0.460
	Total	45.1±17.0	42.5±15.7	0.294
	GAF	66.9±13.3	67.0±14.0	0.951
	QIDS	8.7±5.8	9.5±6.1	0.348
	Remitters:nonremitters	34:67	29:54	0.856
C (n=201)	n (male:female)	146 (62:84)	55 (17:38)	0.135
	Scores
	A	6.7±2.3	5.7±2.3	0.011
	B	6.1±2.6	5.3±2.3	0.038*
	C	6.6±2.2	6.1±2.1	0.148
	D	6.3±2.4	5.3±2.4	0.010*
	E	5.4±2.8	4.3±3.0	0.014*
	F	4.1±3.1	4.1±2.8	0.922
	G	4.9±3.1	5.6±2.6	0.165
	H	4.2±3.1	4.7±2.7	0.347
	Total	43.9±17.3	42.1±14.8	0.517
	GAF	66.9±14.0	66.3±14.2	0.768
	QIDS	8.7±5.6	10.8±6.2	0.027*
	Remitters:nonremitters	47:89	12:41	0.112
D (n=231)	n (male:female)	161 (63:98)	70 (26:44)	0.775
	Scores
	A	6.3±2.3	5.8±2.4	0.141
	B	5.9±2.5	5.4±2.5	0.129
	C	6.3±2.4	5.9±2.5	0.332
	D	6.2±2.3	5.9±2.2	0.465
	E	5.3±2.7	4.9±3.0	0.360
	F	4.1±3.0	4.0±2.7	0.856
	G	5.0±3.0	5.1±2.9	0.885
	H	4.2±2.9	4.6±2.7	0.310
	Total	43.3±16.6	42.5±16.4	0.781
	GAF	66.4±13.9	66.7±13.3	0.888
	QIDS	9.1±6.0	10.5±5.7	0.105
	Remitters:nonremitters	52:97	14:51	0.052
E (n=185)	n (male:female)	116 (44:72)	69 (24:45)	0.668
	Scores
	A	6.5±2.5	5.8±2.2	0.057
	B	6.2±2.6	5.6±2.2	0.123
	C	6.3±2.6	6.3±2.2	0.988
	D	6.4±2.5	6.1±1.9	0.448
	E	6.1±2.5	5.9±2.4	0.504
	F	4.2±3.1	4.5±2.5	0.520
	G	5.1±3.2	4.9±2.8	0.725
	H	4.5±3.1	4.7±2.6	0.744
	Total	45.5±17.9	43.7±14.7	0.509
	GAF	66.0±13.4	66.2±14.9	0.930
	QIDS	9.3±5.8	9.1±5.5	0.855
	Remitters:nonremitters	31:75	21:45	0.721
F (n=113)	n (male:female)	48 (20:28)	65 (24:41)	0.609
	Scores
	A	6.8±2.3	6.5±2.0	0.401
	B	6.6±2.2	6.1±2.2	0.268
	C	6.6±2.3	6.3±2.1	0.434
	D	6.3±2.5	6.5±1.9	0.576
	E	6.1±2.2	5.8±2.5	0.519
	F	6.2±2.5	5.8±2.1	0.417
	G	5.9±3.1	5.4±2.5	0.367
	H	5.0±3.0	5.0±2.5	0.968
	Total	49.3±15.9	47.8±13.5	0.611
	GAF	67.8±12.1	67.5±14.4	0.808
	QIDS	8.8±6.0	9.1±5.7	0.904
	Remitters:nonremitters	16:30	19:40	0.781
G (n=203)	n (male:female)	126 (42:84)	77 (30:47)	0.416
	Scores
	A	6.5±2.3	6.1±2.3	0.186
	B	5.9±2.6	5.5±2.6	0.253
	C	6.5±2.4	6.0±2.5	0.150
	D	6.1±2.6	5.7±2.6	0.403
	E	5.1±2.9	5.0±3.2	0.808
	F	4.3±3.0	4.2±3.0	0.829
	G	6.0±2.5	5.5±2.4	0.148
	H	4.6±3.1	4.4±2.7	0.641
	Total	44.9±17.0	42.1±16.3	0.266
	GAF	66.8±13.0	67.4±14.5	0.742
	QIDS	9.5±6.1	10.5±5.9	0.255
	Remitters:nonremitters	39:82	16:56	0.136
H (n=143)	n (male:female)	88 (34:54)	55 (18:37)	0.475
	Scores
	A	6.3±2.3	6.0±2.4	0.381
	B	5.9±2.7	5.8±2.2	0.726
	C	6.4±2.5	6.1±2.5	0.505
	D	6.0±2.4	6.0±2.5	0.943
	E	5.5±2.7	5.2±3.2	0.506
	F	4.4±2.9	4.2±2.8	0.641
	G	5.3±2.9	5.2±2.6	0.901
	H	5.4±2.4	5.5±2.2	0.881
	Total	45.1±16.3	44.2±16.4	0.734
	GAF	66.0±14.8	65.1±15.0	0.732
	QIDS	9.5±6.2	10.2±6.1	0.505
	Remitters:nonremitters	27:55	13:41	0.268

Notes: A, depressive symptoms; B, the course of depression; C, the causes of depression; D, the treatment plan; E, the duration of antidepressant uses; F, discontinuation of antidepressants; G, the side effects of antidepressants; and H, psychotherapy.

* p<0.05.

Abbreviations: GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning; QIDS-J, Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, Japanese version.