Fig. 3: Improvement in symptoms across trajectory classes.

Reduction from baseline in HDRS-17 (A), BDI-II (C), and GAD-7 (D) shown for each class at the 8-, 16- and 26-week follow-up time points (time points are measured relative to treatment commencement). Error bars are 95% confidence intervals. Percentage of HDRS-17 responders shown in (B) (values above bars are numbers of responders and total number in each class). Response defined as at least 50% reduction of total score from baseline. HDRS-17 Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory, GAD-7 Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale. Number of patients in each trajectory class are: Strong improvers (nā=ā27, 12% of sample), delayed improvers (nā=ā54, 24%), plateau improvers (nā=ā47, 21%), non-improvers (nā=ā88, 39%) and worsening (nā=ā12, 5%).