Table 1 Differences between patients lost to follow-up (drop-outs) and the completer sample
From: Stability of remission rates in a 3-year follow-up of naturalistic treated depressed inpatients
Drop-out (n = 641) | Completer (n =143) | OR | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | 375 (59 %) | 96 (67 %) | 1.39 | 0.017 | |
Positive family anamnesis | 241 (38 %) | 59 (41 %) | 1.12 | 0.42 | |
Recurrent depression | 337 (53 %) | 84 (59 %) | 1.24 | 0.11 | |
Any personality disorder | 260 (41 %) | 44 (31 %) | 0.64 | 0.043 | |
Suicidality admission reason | 337 (53 %) | 61 (43 %) | 0.66 | 0.001 | |
Living with a partner | 248 (39 %) | 81 (57 %) | 2.04 | <0.001 | |
Discharged against medical advise | 64 (10 %) | 7 (5 %) | 0.47 | 0.009 | |
Number of hospitalisations before admission | 0 ± 2.00 (0–21) | 0.5 ± 2.00 (0–15) | 0.15 | ||
Inpatient treatment time (days) | 49 ± 47.50 (1–278) | 56 ± 46.00 (1–363) | 0.007 | ||
Age | 44.4 ± 12.30 (18.2–69.6) | 45.7 ± 11.70 (18.6–65.9) | 0.1 | ||
Age at onset | 38.1 ± 12.81 (10–69) | 38.3 ± 12.61 (9–65) | 0.89 | ||
HAMD 17 baseline | 22.8 ± 5.88 (2–40) | 21.7 ± 6.08 (1–40) | 0.005 | ||
HAMD 17 discharge | 7.8 ± 5.79 (0–31) | 7.7 ± 5.46 (0–30) | 0.77 |