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Norio Sugawara,1,* Norio Yasui-Furukori,1,* Toshinaga Tsuji,2 Shinji Hayashi,2 Yoshikazu Ajisawa,3 Toshimitsu Ochiai,3 Hideyuki Imagawa,4 Kazutaka Shimoda1 1Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan; 2Medical Affairs Department, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan; 3Biostatistics Center, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan; 4Medicines Development Unit Japan, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Kobe, Japan*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Norio SugawaraDepartment of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsugagun, Tochigi 321-0293, JapanTel +81-28-287-2153Fax +81-28-286-5187Email nsuga3@dokkyomed.ac.jpPurpose: The objective of this post hoc analysis was to explore the relationship, including changes over time, between baseline clinical symptom characteristics and working ability, judged by investigators, after 12 weeks of antidepressant monotherapy in Japanese patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and painful physical symptoms (PPS) in a real-world clinical setting.Patients and Methods: This prospective, observational study in patients treated with duloxetine or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors was conducted from 2014 to 2016. Both treatment groups were pooled and divided into 2 groups, “working ability recovered” or “working ability not recovered,” based on working ability at the end of the study. Patients were also divided into 4 subgroups by the presence or absence of previous depressive episodes and working ability. Main outcome measures included baseline demographics and clinical characteristics, and the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D17).Results: Comparison between “working ability recovered” (n=122) and “working ability not recovered” (n=91) showed that the percentage of patients with complications and psychotherapy at baseline, and baseline HAM-D17 total, insomnia, somatic, and anxiety scores, were significantly different. The results of subgroup analyses ... |