Table 2 Comparison of predictors between full remission, persistent depression, and episode
Full remission (n = 21) | Persistent depression (n = 57) | Episode (n = 22) | P a | P b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Categorical variables* | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Gender | Male | 11 | 52.4 | 18 | 31.6 | 8 | 36.4 | 0.29 | 0.09 |
Female | 10 | 47.6 | 39 | 68.4 | 14 | 63.6 | |||
Education | Junior high school or below | 10 | 47.6 | 28 | 49.1 | 13 | 59.1 | 0.65 | 0.97 |
Senior high school | 6 | 28.6 | 17 | 29.8 | 6 | 27.3 | |||
College or above | 5 | 23.8 | 12 | 21.0 | 3 | 13.6 | |||
Fixed family income | No | 4 | 19.0 | 17 | 29.8 | 7 | 31.8 | 0.27 | 0.34 |
Yes | 17 | 81.0 | 40 | 70.2 | 15 | 68.2 | |||
Employment | Unemployed | 15 | 71.4 | 31 | 54.4 | 15 | 68.2 | 0.54 | 0.33 |
Employed | 6 | 28.6 | 26 | 45.6 | 7 | 31.8 | |||
Religion | None | 6 | 28.6 | 17 | 29.8 | 5 | 22.7 | 0.51 | 0.73 |
Buddhism or Taoism | 11 | 52.4 | 34 | 59.7 | 15 | 68.2 | |||
Others | 4 | 19.0 | 6 | 10.5 | 2 | 9.1 | |||
Marital Status | Single | 2 | 9.5 | 7 | 12.3 | 3 | 13.6 | 0.31 | 0.16 |
Married | 16 | 76.2 | 38 | 66.7 | 12 | 54.5 | |||
Other | 3 | 14.3 | 12 | 21.0 | 7 | 31.8 | |||
Number of previous episodes | <4 | 5 | 23.8 | 9 | 15.8 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.07 | 0.41 |
≧4 | 16 | 76.2 | 48 | 84.2 | 21 | 95.5 | |||
Pharmaco-therapy | No | 3 | 14.3 | 19 | 33.3 | 4 | 18.2 | 0.66 | 0.08 |
Yes | 18 | 85.7 | 38 | 66.7 | 18 | 81.8 | |||
Psychotherapy | No | 14 | 66.7 | 47 | 82.5 | 16 | 77.3 | 0.54 | 0.21 |
Yes | 7 | 33.3 | 10 | 17.5 | 6 | 22.7 | |||
Hospitalization | 0 | 12 | 57.1 | 30 | 52.6 | 12 | 54.4 | 0.50 | 0.80 |
(times) | 1 | 6 | 28.6 | 15 | 26.3 | 4 | 18.2 | ||
≧2 | 3 | 14.3 | 12 | 21.1 | 6 | 27.3 | |||
Continuous variables† | |||||||||
Age (years) | 57.1 ± 14.0 | 48.3 ± 13.8 | 47.7 ± 13.2 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ||||
Psychosocial functioning | 5.9 ± 4.0 | 15.6 ± 9.4 | 18.3 ± 9.2 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
Beliefs regarding antidepressant medication | 44.5 ± 4.7 | 42.0 ± 4.0 | 41.3 ± 4.7 | 0.03 | 0.02 | ||||
Self-efficacy | 45.6 ± 9.7 | 36.6 ± 10.7 | 32.4 ± 10.5 | <0.001 | 0.001 | ||||
Neuroticism | 19.5 ± 5.5 | 24.1 ± 5.9 | 25.5 ± 6.9 | 0.003 | 0.003 | ||||