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Table 2 AUDS and MDE groups assessed by the Symptomatic Organic Mental Disorder Assessment Scale (SOMAS)

From: Acute unstable depressive syndrome (AUDS) is associated more frequently with epilepsy than major depression

SOMAS

2 days after

Admittance

4-6 days after admittance

14-16 days after admittance

3 months after admittance

 

AUDS

MDE

P value

AUDS

MDE

P value

AUDS

MDE

P value

AUDS

MDE

P value

Item A

5.7 ± 1.5

2.3 ± 0.8

<0.001

4.6 ± 1.7

2.1 ± 0.7

<0.001

4.5 ± 2.0

1.8 ± 0.8

<0.001

2.3 ± 1.2

1.7 ± 0.6

ns

Item B

9.9 ± 0.5

6.3 ± 2.0

<0.001

9.6 ± 1.3

6.9 ± 1.7

<0.001

9.7 ± 1.3

7.2 ± 1.7

<0.001

9.7 ± 1.0

7.9 ± 2.0

0.007

Item C

5.8 ± 2.3

1.2 ± 0.5

<0.001

4.0 ± 2.2

1.1 ± 0.5

<0.001

4.4 ± 2.3

1.1 ± 0.3

<0.001

3.1 ± 1.5

1.2 ± 0.6

<0.001

Item D

7.8 ± 1.8

2.1 ± 1.1

<0.001

7.7 ± 1.5

2.0 ± 0.9

<0.001

7.6 ± 1.7

1.9 ± 0.9

<0.001

6.9 ± 1.8

2.3 ± 1.7

<0.001

Item E

3.6 ± 1.6

2.6 ± 1.2

0.04

4.0 ± 1.6

2.2 ± 1.1

0.002

3.9 ± 1.4

2.6 ± 1.1

0.008

4.7 ± 1.4

2.2 ± 0.8

<0.001

Average item A-E

6.6 ± 0.8

2.9 ± 0.7

<0.001

6.0 ± 1.0

2.9 ± 0.6

<0.001

6.0 ± 1.1

2.9 ± 0.6

<0.001

5.4 ± 0.8

3.1 ± 0.7

<0.001

  1. AUDS and MDE groups were assessed using SOMAS at four different time points. For each item (A-E) a score from 0 to 10 was given. All values are shown as mean ± sd. For details consider Methods and Appendix. AUDS: Acute Unstable Depressive Syndrome; MDE: Major Depressive Episode; ns: not significant.