Characteristics | N = 624 |
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Age, years, mean (SD) | 47.6 (13.8) |
Gender, n (%) | |
Women | 408 (65.4) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | |
Caucasian | 611 (97.9) |
Marital status, n (%) | |
Married | 379 (60.7) |
Single | 132 (21.1) |
Other1 | 113 (18.1) |
Education, n (%) | |
Illiterate | 12 (1.9) |
Basic school education | 252 (40.4) |
High school/higher education | 316 (50.6) |
Employment status, n (%) | |
Active | 264 (42.3) |
Not working (unemployed or sick leave) | 148 (23.7) |
Other2 | 212 (34.0) |
Patients with medical comorbidity, n (%) | 339 (54.3) |
Family psychiatric history, n (%) | 221 (35.4) |
Number of previous episodes, mean (SD) | 2.6 (2.5) |
Patients with 1st episode, n (%) | 280 (44.9) |
Age at first episode of depression, mean (SD) | 40.5 (14.0) |
Current depressive episode: | |
Length, mean weeks (SD) | 13.9 (23.5) |
Chronicity ≥2 years, n (%) | 38 (6.1) |
HAMD-17 total score, mean (SD) | 24.6 (5.7) |
Residual symptoms, mean (SD) | |
Core mood3 | 8.7 (2.3) |
Insomnia4 | 3.9 (1.4) |
Anxiety5 | 6.2 (2.2) |
Somatic6 | 1.1 (0.6) |
VAS-overall pain, total score (mean) | 41.4 (28.2) |
Monotherapy, n (%) | 550 (88.1) |
SSRI | 145 (26.4) |
SNRI | 387 (70.3) |
Tricyclic antidepressants | 6 (1.1) |
Others | 12 (2.2) |
Combination of antidepressants, n (%) | 74 (11.9) |