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Table 3 Baseline medication and treatment

From: Depressed patients treated by homeopaths: a randomised controlled trial using the “cohort multiple randomised controlled trial” (cmRCT) design

Baseline health measures

Offer group (n = 185)

No offer group (n = 381)

Total (n = 566)

Antidepressant use (current):

Yes

81 (43.8)

155 (40.7)

236 (41.7)

No

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

Unknown

104 (56.2)

255 (59.1)

329 (58.1)

Antidepressant use (past):

Yes

103 (55.7)

234 (61.4)

337 (59.5)

No

53 (28.6)

124 (32.5)

177 (31.3)

Unknown

29 (15.7)

23 (6.0)

52 (9.2)

Medication (current, all types) (mean, SD)

4.7 (4.0)

4.7 (3.9)

4.7 (3.9)

Visits last 3 months (mean, SD):

Hospital (accident & emergency)

0.5 (1.6)

0.4 (0.6)

0.4 (1.0)

Hospital (day case)

0.5 (1.6)

0.4 (0.9)

0.4 (1.2)

Hospital (out-patient)

1.4 (2.5)

1.2 (2.0)

1.3 (2.2)

Hospital (in-patient nights)

0.6 (2.2)

0.8 (2.9)

0.8 (2.7)

General Practitioner

3.0 (5.6)

2.5 (2.4)

2.6 (3.8)

Nurse

1.9 (6.2)

1.4 (2.4)

1.6 (4.0)

Physiotherapist

1.0 (2.6)

0.6 (1.8)

0.8 (2.1)

Othera

1.9 (9.3)

1.2 (3.8)

1.4 (6.2)

  1. Figures are frequencies (percentages) unless stated otherwise. aSummary including dietitian, midwife, mental health worker, psychotherapist, counsellor, care worker, social worker, health visitor, community health champion, health trainer, acupuncturist, chiropractor, herbalist, osteopath (homeopath was 0 for both groups, as prior use was an exclusion criterion)