Table 8 Mean HADS – depression score.

From: Comparative cohort study of pregabalin nortriptyline and pregabalin duloxetine in the management of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain

Drugs

PG-NT Mean (S.D)

PG-DLX Mean (S.D)

Visit 1

7.266 ± 2.377

7.36 ± 2.42

After 9 weeks

6.34 ± 1.51

5.666 ± 1.825

  1. HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Depression, PG-NT Pregabalin–Nortriptyline, PG-DLX Pregabalin–Duloxetine, S.D Standard Deviation. HADS-D scores range from 0–21. Higher scores indicate more severe depression. PG-NT group change was not statistically significant (p = 0.076).