Table 1 Comparisons of patients who received Guideline concordant care and Non-guideline concordant care at baseline (T0)

Female gender (%)

68.0

71.6

0.30

Age in years, mean (SD)

45.0 (11.4)

44.9 (12.5)

0.89

Married/living together (%)

44.5

38.4

0.11

Working (%)

64.4

66.4

0.59

Education level (%)

0.22

   Basic

7.1

10.9

   Intermediate

60.9

57.3

   High

32.0

31.8

Type of diagnosis (%)

   Anxiety disorder(s) only

28.8

49.3

< 0.0001

   Depressive disorder(s) only

22.1

19.5

0.41

   Comorbidity of both depressive and anxiety disorders

49.1

31.1

< 0.0001

Clinical outcome measures T0, mean (SD)

   Severity of depressive symptoms (IDS-SR)

30.8 (12.1)

25.3 (10.7)

< 0.0001

   Severity of anxiety symptoms (BAI)

17.9 (11.3)

15.1 (9.5)

0.001