Gustatory Dysfunction among a Sample of Depressed Egyptian Adults under Antidepressants Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Chi square tests, and fisher’s exact test for the demographic data and other variables of the tested groups.

Variables		Group
		TCA (n = 10)		SSRIs (n = 10)		Psychotherapy (n = 10)		value
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age (yrs.)	Mean ± SD	38.6 ± 7.6		35.7 ± 8.7		29.9 ± 8.2		0.072
	Range	24–50		22–47		21–50
Sex	Female	8	80.0	6	60.0	8	80.0	0.668
	Male	2	20.0	4	40.0	2	20.0
Weight (kg)	Mean ± SD	78.1 ± 7.8		74.8 ± 21.8		63.6 ± 10.4		0.087
	Range	65–90		45–100		46–75
Residence	Rural	2	20.0	4	40.0	0	0	0.082^a
	Urban	8	80.0	6	60.0	10	100.0
Marital status	Divorced	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	10.0	NA
	Married	3	30.0	5	50.0	4	40.0
	Single	5	50.0	5	50.0	5	50.0
	Widow	2	20.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Marital status	Married	3	30.0	5	50.0	5	50.0	0.527
	Single	5	50.0	5	50.0	5	50.0
	Widow	2	20.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Education	Basic/no education	4	40.0	5	50.0	0	0.0	0.073^a
	Secondary/high school	2	20.0	3	30.0	3	30.0
	University degree	4	40.0	2	20.0	7	70.0
Work status	Not working	6	60.0	6	60.0	8	80.0	0.698^a
	Working	4	40.0	4	40.0	2	20.0
	Yes	1	10.0	3	30.0	2	20.0
Depression comorbid	Depression alone	8	80.0	6	60.0	5	50.0	0.510
	With other psychiatric problems	2	20.0	4	40.0	5	50.0
Systemic diseases	No	7	70.0	4	40.0	6	60.0	0.531
	Yes	3	30.0	6	60.0	4	40.0
Medication	No	6	60.0	5	50.0	6	60.0	1.000
	Yes	4	40.0	5	50.0	4	40.0
Oral hygiene status	Bad	7	70.0	6	60.0	4	40.0	0.531
	Good-moderate	3	30.0	4	40.0	6	60.0
Dental care frequency	Irregular	3	30.0	5	50.0	5	50.0	0.406
	Regular	0	0.0	1	10.0	2	20.0
	Symptomatic	7	70.0	4	40.0	3	30.0