A Comparison of Factors Used by Physicians and Patients in the Selection of Antidepressant Agents
David M. Gardner, Pharm.D., M.Sc.; Neil MacKinnon, Ph.D., F.C.S.H.P.; Donald B. Langille, M.D., M.H.Sc.; Pantelis Andreou, Ph.D.
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Figure 1: Patients’ and physicians’ standardized rank scores of simple, differentiating factors. A negative slope indicates that the factor was more important to patients, and a positive slope indicates that general practitioners attributed greater importance. The amount of disagreement is indicated by the steepness of the slope.
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Figure 2: Rank ordering of the mean patient and physician scores by antidepressant selection factor. Mean patient scores were significantly higher than general practitioners’ scores for 11 of 20 factors scored by Likert scale. Only cost was scored significantly lower.
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Figure 3: Standardized rank scores indicating general agreement for patients with and without antidepressant experience of the simple, differentiating factors.