Depression: Depression data

Description Usage Format Details References

Description

Data comparing two drugs to treat patients suffering from depression.

Usage

1

Format

Case

Number of patients

Diagnosis

Classification based on the initial symptoms of depression ( 1 : Mild, 2 : Severe )

Drug

Drugs given to patients ( 1 : New, 2 : Standard )

1week

Depression symptoms 1week after taking the drug ( 1 : Abnormal, 2 : Normal )

2weeks

Depression symptoms 2weeks after taking the drug ( 1 : Abnormal, 2 : Normal )

4weeks

Depression symptoms 4weeks after taking the drug ( 1 : Abnormal, 2 : Normal )

Details

Patients in each group were randomly assigned to standard or new drugs, and the degree of each patient suffering from depression was classified as normal or abnormal after 1 week, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks of treatment.
A data frame with 800 rows and 6 variables

Case Diagnosis Drug 1week 2weeks 4weeks
1 1 2 2 2 2
2 1 2 2 2 2
3 1 2 2 2 2
4 1 2 2 2 2
5 1 2 2 2 2
6 1 2 2 2 2
7 1 2 2 2 2
8 1 2 2 2 2
9 1 2 2 2 2
10 1 2 2 2 2
.. . .. .
.. . .. .
.. . .. .
796 2 1 1 1 1
797 2 1 1 1 1
798 2 1 1 1 1
799 2 1 1 1 1
800 2 1 1 1 1

References

Koch, G. G., Landis, J. R., Freeman, J. L., Freeman, D. H. and Lehnen, R. C.(1977). A General Methodology for the Analysis of Experiments with Repeated Measurement of Categorical Data. Biometrics, 33, 133-158.


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