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Table 3 Descriptives of patient who were depressed at baseline according to their depression status at 2-year follow-up

From: The two-year course of late-life depression; results from the Netherlands study of depression in older persons

 

Not depressed at follow-up (n = 147)

Depressed at follow-up (n = 138)

Socio-demographics at baseline

  

- Mean age (sd)

70.4 (7.1)

70.9 (7.9)

- Female gender, n (%)

97 (66.0)

90 (65.2)

- Years of education, mean (sd)

10.7 (3.2)

10.5 (3.7)

- No partner, n (%)

66 (44.9)

72 (52.2)

- Sampling site, n (%)

  

 - Amsterdam

61 (48.8)

64 (51.2)

 - Leiden

26 (44.1)

33 (55.9)

 - Groningen

22 (55.0)

18 (45.0)

 - Apeldoorn/Zutphen

21 (67.7)

10 (32.2)

 - Nijmegen

17 (56.7)

13 (43.3)

Clinical characteristics at baseline

  

- First episode MDD, n (%)

70 (47.6)

65 (47.1)

- Dysthymia, n (%)

29 (19.7)

46 (33.3)

- Age of onset of depression, mean (SD)

51.2 (19.5)

44.2 (20.7)

- Comorbid anxiety disorder, n (%)

48 (32.7)

57 (41.3)

- Severity depression symptoms

25.6 (11.8)

33.9 (12.5)

Sampling frame, n (%)

  

- Primary care

17 (40.5)

25 (59.5)

- Ambulant mental health care

111 (51.9)

103 (48.1)

- Clinical mental health care

19 (65.5)

10 (34.5)

- Use anti depressive medication, n (%)

106 (72.1)

96 (69.6)

- Use of benzodiazepines, n (%)

54 (36.7)

57 (41.3)

Comorbidity

  

- Number of chronic diseases, mean (sd)

1.8 (1.2)

2.4 (1.7)

- MMSE, mean (sd)

28.0 (1.7)

27.7 (1.8)

  1. MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination.