Antidepressant treatment and cultural differences - a survey of the attitudes of physicians and patients in Sweden and Turkey

Table 3 Number (%) of patients with CGI-I rating after 8 weeks of antidepressant treatment according to the primary care physician and the patient, and agreement between physician and patient

Measure		Sweden (2)	Turkey (n = 328)	P-value
Physician CGI-I, n (%)	Very much improved	10 (12.2%)	73 (23.1%)
	Much improved	40 (48.8%)	184 (58.2%)	0.001
	Minimal improved	23 (28.0%)	46 (14.6%)
	Same/worse	9 (11.0%)	13 (4.1%)
Patient CGI-I, n (%)	Very much improved	7 (8.9%)	85 (27.2%)
	Much improved	31 (39.2%)	173 (55.3%)	<0.001
	Minimal improved	31 (39.2%)	27 (8.6%)
	Same/worse	10 (12.7%)	28 (8.9%)
Physician-patient agreement, n (%)	Same assessment	48 (60.8%)	227 (72.8%)	0.040

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