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Table 1 Differences between untreated and treated patients at T0 (N = 594)

From: The course of untreated anxiety and depression, and determinants of poor one-year outcome: a one-year cohort study

 

1. Untreated - unperceived problem

2. Untreated - unperceived need

3. Untreated - unmet perceived need

4. Treated

 

M ± SD/%

N

M ± SD/%

N

M ± SD/%

N

M ± SD/%

N

Predisposing characteristics

        

Male gender (%)

34.8

24

30.0

21

29.0

36

27.2

90

Age (%)

        

   1. 18-35

21.7

15

12.9

9

22.6

28

26.6

88

   2. 36-50

27.5

19

34.3

24

32.3

40

36.3

120

   3. 51-65

50.7

35

52.9

37

45.2

56

37.2

123

Education (%)

        

   1. Basic

5.8

4

7.1

5

13.7

17

5.7

19

   2. Intermediate

60.9

42

62.9

44

53.2

66

59.5

197

   3. High

33.3

23

30.0

21

33.1

41

34.7

115

Born outside the Netherlands (%)a*

13.0

9

5.73

4

18.62,4

23

9.43

31

Marital status (%)

        

   Never married

40.6

28

32.9

23

36.3

45

42.0

139

   Currently married

42.0

29

45.7

32

46.8

58

40.2

133

   Formerly married

17.4

12

21.4

15

16.9

21

17.8

59

Household composition - alone (%)

33.3

23

37.1

26

33.9

42

33.8

112

Loneliness (M ± SD; range 0-10)b***

3.5 ± 3.23,4

68

4.6 ± 3.73

69

6.2 ± 3.71,2

123

5.3 ± 3.81

328

Social support (M ± SD; range 0-22)c**

8.4 ± 5.63

69

7.3 ± 5.2

70

5.5 ± 4.31

124

6.6 ± 5.1

331

Enabling factors

        

Income in euro's p.m.(%)

        

   < € 2.400,-

60.9

42

62.7

42

68.9

84

63.0

208

   > € 2.400,-

39.1

27

37.3

25

40.3

50

30.8

102

Employment status - unemployed (%)

29.0

20

38.6

27

40.3

50

30.8

102

Need factors

        

Type of disorder

        

   Major depression single (%)d ***

7.3 3,4

5

8.6 3,4

6

21.8 1,2

27

28.7 1,2

95

   Major depression recurrent (%)e ***

5.8 2,3,4

4

28.6 1

20

31.5 1

39

37.5 1

124

   Dysthemia (%)f **

4.4 3,4

3

7.1 3,4

5

17.7 1,2

22

17.8 1,2

59

   General anxiety disorder (GAD) (%)g **

10.1 3,4

7

14.3 4

10

25.8 1

32

29.3 1,2

97

   Social phobia (%)h *

39.1

27

24.3 3,4

17

46.0 2

57

37.2 2

123

   Panic without agoraphobia (%)I **

10.2

7

27.1 3,4

19

12.9 2

16

11.8 2

39

   Panic with agoraphobia (%)

15.9

11

15.7

11

16.1

20

24.8

82

   Agoraphobia without panic (%)

21.7

15

17.1

12

16.9

21

11.2

37

   At least one depressive disorder (%)j ***

14.5 2,3,4

10

38.6 1,3,4

27

56.5 1,2,4

70

68.6 1,2,3

227

   Comorbid anxiety and depressive disorder (%)k***

1.5 2,3,4

1

20.0 1,3,4

14

37.9 1,2

47

44.7 1,2

148

Recency (%)

        

   <6 months

46.4

32

41.4

29

51.6

64

56.5

187

   6 - 12 months

4.4

3

4.3

3

6.5

8

6.0

20

   >12 months

49.3

34

54.3

38

41.9

52

37.5

124

Number of somatic diseases (M ± SD)

.8 ± 1.0

69

.5 ± 1.0

70

.9 ± 1.1

124

.7 ± 1.1

331

Severity anxiety (BAI) T0 (M ± SD; range 0-63)l***

8.2 ± 5.22,3,4

69

12.4 ± 8.01,3,4

70

16.5 ± 9.31,2

124

16.7 ± 9.81,2

331

Severity of depression (IDS) (M ± SD; range 0-84)m***

15.7 ± 7.32,3,4

68

22.0 ± 8.41,3,4

70

28.6 ± 9.51,2

124

29.0 ± 11.41,2

330

  1. * p < .05 **p < .01 *** p < .001
  2. 1,2,3,4 numbers refer to groups who differ significantly from each other
  3. a χ 2(3) = 10.14, p = .017
  4. b F(3,584) = 8.64, p = .000
  5. c F(3,590) = 5.03, p = .002
  6. d χ2(3) = 24.41, p = .000
  7. e χ2(3) = 26.87, p = .000
  8. f χ2(3) = 12.34, p = .006
  9. g χ2(3) = 15.84, p = .001
  10. h χ2(3) = 9.07, p = .028
  11. i χ2(3) = 12.58, p = .006
  12. jχ2(3) = 78.22, p = .000
  13. kχ2(3) = 54.96, p = .000
  14. l F(3,590) = 20.02, p = .000
  15. m F(3,588) = 38.03, p = .000
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