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Table 3 Percentage of time spent with symptoms during follow-up

From: Reconsidering the prognosis of major depressive disorder across diagnostic boundaries: full recovery is the exception rather than the rule

 

0–25% of time

25–50% of time

50–75% of time

75–100% of time

Symptoms

%

%

%

%

Percentage of time with symptoms during 0 to 2-year follow-upa(n = 903)

 Depressive symptoms

40.4

14.4

8.2

36.9

 Anxiety symptoms

44.4

10.0

8.0

37.5

 Avoidance symptoms

70.3

4.3

3.4

21.8

 (Hypo)manic symptoms

98.1

0.3

0.2

1.3

Percentage of time with symptoms during 0 to 4-year follow-upa(n = 811)

 Depressive symptoms

38.1

18.0

20.1

23.2

 Anxiety symptoms

35.9

17.8

21.6

24.3

 Avoidance symptoms

61.4

8.0

17.4

12.7

 (Hypo)manic symptoms

97.8

1.2

0.6

0.4

Percentage of time with symptoms during 0 to 6-year follow-upa(n = 712)

 Depressive symptoms

35.5

27.1

17.1

19.4

 Anxiety symptoms

32.3

27.4

21.1

18.7

 Avoidance symptoms

57.2

19.4

12.6

10.3

 (Hypo)manic symptoms

97.6

1.7

0.6

0.1

  1. aTime spent with symptoms regardless whether CIDI diagnoses present