Research Article
Psychosocial Functioning in Depressive Patients: A Comparative Study between Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Affective Disorder
Table 2
Comparison of clinical variables in MDD and BAD patients.
| Variable | Mean ± S.D. | value (df) | P value | MDD () | BAD () |
| Age of onset of illness (years) | | | = 2.27 (94) | 0.026* | Total duration of Illness (months) | | | = −5.37 (70.4) | 0.000** | Total no. of episodes | | | = −7.74 (80.3) | 0.000** | No. of episodes of depression | | | = 1.01 (94) | 0.317 | Duration of current depressive Episode (months) | | | = −0.38 (83.2) | 0.705 | HDRS-17 score | | | = −1.32 (94) | 0.191 | Family history | | | | | Present | 8 | 7 | = 0.08 (1) | 0.779 | Absent | 40 | 41 |
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HDRS: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 item; : chi-square value; df: degree of freedom; *; **; † value derived from Fisher’s exact test.
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