From: Anthroposophic therapy for chronic depression: a four-year prospective cohort study
Items | Study patients | German primary care patients | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | N | % | % | Source |
Female gender | Â | 82/97 | 85% | 51% | [57] |
Age groups | 20–29 years | 9/97 | 9% | 12% |  |
 | 30–49 years | 67/97 | 69% | 32% | [57] |
 | 50–69 years | 21/97 | 22% | 23% |  |
Duration of depressive disorder | 6–11 months | 10/97 | 10% |  |  |
 | 12–23 months | 7/97 | 7% |  |  |
 | ≥ 24 months | 80/97 | 82% |  |  |
 | Study patients enrolled after 1. Jan 1999 | German population | |||
"Fachhochschule" or university entrance qualification | Â | 37/81 | 46% | 19% | [58] |
University degree | Â | 13/81 | 16% | 6% | [58] |
Wage earners | Â | 3/81 | 4% | 18% | [58] |
Unemployed during last 12 months | Economically active patients | 9/70 | 13% | 10% | [58] |
Living alone | Â | 16/81 | 20% | 21% | [58] |
Net family income < 900 € per month |  | 11/65 | 17% | 16% | [58] |
Alcohol use daily (patients) vs. almost daily (Germany) | Male | 0/10 | 0% | 28% | [59] |
 | Female | 1/71 | 1% | 11% |  |
Regular smoking | Male | 2/10 | 20% | 37% | [60] |
 | Female | 11/71 | 15% | 28% |  |
Sports activity ≥ 1 hour weekly | Age 25–69 | 38/79 | 48% | 39% | [61] |
Body mass index < 18.5 (low) | Male | 0/10 | 0% | 1% | [62] |
 | Female | 5/70 | 7% | 4% |  |
Body mass index ≥ 25 (overweight) | Male | 0/10 | 0% | 56% | [62] |
 | Female | 22/70 | 31% | 39% |  |
Permanent work disability pension | Â | 19/81 | 15% | 3% | [63] |
Severe disability status | Â | 24/81 | 30% | 12% | [64] |
Sick leave days in the last 12 months (mean ± SD) | Economically active patients | 45 ± 82 | 17.0 | [65] |