Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample (n = 145, if not specified)

Age, mean (SD)

75.9 (6.7)

Female, n (%)

106 (73.1)

Years of education (n = 138), mean (SD)

10.1 (3.1)

Days of stay, mean (SD)

68.3 (46.8)

Marital status

 - Not-single (married/living together), n (%)

62 (42.8)

 - Single (widow(er)/divorced/living apart), n (%)

83 (57.2)

GMHR¹ categories (%)

 - Good (very good/good)

74 (51.0)

 - Poor (fair/poor)

71 (49.0)

Cognitive function, mean MMSE² (n = 140), mean (SD)

25.9 (3.6)

MMSE, categories (n = 140)

 - MMSE < 26 (%)

40.7

 - MMSE ≥ 26 (%)

59.3

Diagnosis of dementia, n (%)

13 (9.0)

Number of drugs, mean (SD)

5.9 (3.1)

Number of psychotropic drugs, mean (SD)

2.1 (1.4)

Activities of daily living (IADL)³ (n = 143)

 - IADL per item score, mean (SD)

0.69 (0.26)

HADS-A⁴, mean (SD) (n = 141)

11.5 (4.7)

Age at onset of the first lifetime depressive episode, in categories (n = 140)

 - <60 years (%)

48.6

 - ≥60 years (%)

51.4

Duration of depressive episode, categories (n = 142)

 - <13 weeks (%)

47.2

 - ≥13 weeks (%)

52.8

Previous depressive episode(s), n (%)

101 (69.7)

Mean MADRS⁵ score (SD) at inclusion

26.1 (8.6)

Bipolar diagnosis (ICD-10), n (%)

10 (6.9)

Depression with psychosis (ICD-10), n (%)

15 (10.3)

Patients with personality disorder (ICD-10), n (%)

3 (2.1)