Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the included patients according to level of depression. Depression severity was measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)
Variable | Minimal or mild depressiona | Moderate depression | Severe depression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 28 (21.9%) | % / SD | n = 42 (32.8%) | % / SD | n = 58 (45.3%) | % / SD | Sig.b | ||
Demography | ||||||||
Women | n (%) | 20 | 71.4 | 28 | 66.7 | 44 | 75.9 | 0.600 |
Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 39.4 | 10.8 | 44.2 | 12.0 | 41.3 | 11.7 | 0.210 |
Alcohol use | ||||||||
AUDIT scorec | Mean (SD) | 4.70 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 0.009 d |
Medication | ||||||||
Anti-inflammatory drug (any) | n (%) | 5 | 17.9 | 5 | 11.9 | 9 | 15.5 | 0.775 |
Antidepressants (any) | n (%) | 9 | 32.1 | 12 | 28.6 | 22 | 37.9 | 0.609 |
History of trauma | ||||||||
Childhood trauma | n (%) | 15 | 62.5 | 23 | 62.2 | 25 | 48.1 | 0.316 |
Adult trauma | n (%) | 16 | 66.7 | 16 | 43.2 | 28 | 53.8 | 0.199 |
Any trauma | n (%) | 19 | 79.2 | 26 | 70.3 | 39 | 73.6 | 0.743 |
Main diagnosise | ||||||||
Mood disorder | n (%) | 8 | 34.8 | 14 | 36.8 | 10 | 19.2 | 0.139 |
Anxiety disorder | n (%) | 12 | 52.2 | 17 | 44.7 | 26 | 50 | 0.825 |
Eating disorder | n (%) | 3 | 13.6 | 5 | 13.2 | 14 | 26.9 | 0.181 |
MDD (ICD-10, F33)f | n (%) | 3 | 10.7 | 5 | 11.9 | 3 | 5.2 | 0.447 |