Importance of remission and residual somatic symptoms in health-related quality of life among outpatients with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Severity of depressive and somatic symptoms

	New MDD (N = 287)	Remitted MDD (N = 235)	Unremitted MDD (N = 289)	p-value	Test^a
HAM-D scores	17.8 ± 7.0	4.5 ± 2.1	16.6 ± 5.8	<0.0001^b	b < c < a
Bech scores^c	8.1 ± 3.5	2.0 ± 1.6	7.5 ± 2.9	<0.0001^b	b < c < a
Maier-Philipp scores^d	8.2 ± 3.7	1.8 ± 1.5	7.4 ± 3.2	<0.0001^b	b < c < a
Gibbons scores^e	10.7 ± 4.6	2.5 ± 1.7	10.0 ± 4.1	<0.0001^b	b < c = a
Suicidality scores	9.3 ± 8.3	6.9 ± 7.4	10.8 ± 8.8	0.0008^b	a = b, a = c, b < c
DS score	17.4 ± 7.2	5.9 ± 5.3	16.8 ± 7.2	<0.0001^b	a = c < b
SS score	10.9 ± 5.8	4.0 ± 3.9	10.6 ± 6.2	<0.0001^b	a = c < b
PS score	5.2 ± 3.1	2.2 ± 2.2	5.1 ± 3.4	<0.0001^b	a = c < b
DSSS total score	28.2 ± 11.8	9.9 ± 8.5	27.3 ± 12.3	<0.0001^b	a = c < b

MDD = major depressive disorder; HAM-D = Hamilton depression rating scale; DSSS = depression and somatic symptoms scale; DS = depression subscale of the DSSS; SS = somatic subscale of the DSSS; PS = pain subscale of the DSSS.
^aTukey’s post-hoc test.
^bDifference among MDD groups (ANOVA).
^cDepressed mood, feeling of guilt, work and activities, retardation, anxiety/psychic, and general somatic symptoms are included.
^dDepressed mood, feeling of guilt, work and activities, retardation, agitation, and anxiety/psychic are included.
^eDepressed mood, feeling of guilt, suicide, work and activities, anxiety/psychic, agitation, anxiety (somatic), and genital symptoms are included.
Note: Data was represented as mean ± standard deviation.

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