Table 3 Baseline demographic characteristics of the depression control and treatment cohorts included in the analysis
| Â | Excluded from analysis a | Included in the analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment (n = 80) | Treatment (n = 137) | Comparison (n = 236) | p | |
Age, years (mean, SD) | 44.8 (14.77) | 42.6 (13.22) | 44.0 (12.64) | 0.469 |
Female (N, %) | 61 (76.3%) | 114 (83.2%) | 190 (80.5%) | 0.581 |
Marital status (N, %) | 0.909 | |||
 Single | 22 (27.5%) | 55 (40.2%) | 90 (38.1) |  |
 Partnered | 46 (57.5%) | 59 (43.1%) | 103 (43.6%) | |
 Widowed/divorced | 12 (15.0%) | 23 (16.8%) | 43 (18.2%) | |
Education (N, %) | 0.405 | |||
 No or some primary | 24 (30.0%) | 38 (27.7%) | 60 (25.4%) |  |
 Completed primary | 38 (47.5%) | 80 (58.4%) | 152 (64.4%) | |
 Completed secondary | 18 (22.5%) | 19 (13.9%) | 24 (10.2%) | |
Employment Status (%) | 0.305 | |||
 Unemployed | 56 (70.0%) | 102 (74.5%) | 187 (78.2%) |  |
 Paid | 24 (30.0%) | 35 (25.5%) | 49 (20.8%) | |
Food insecurity | ||||
 No | 60 (75.0%) | 62 (45.3%) | 102 (43.2%) | 0.746 |
 Yes | 20 (25.0%) | 75 (54.7%) | 134 (56.8%) | |
Clinic (%) | 0.005* | |||
 OR | 10 (12.5%) | 11 (8.0%) | 21 (8.9%) |  |
 KA | 16 (20.0%) | 32 (23.4%) | 93 (39.4%) | |
 GM | 38 (47.5%) | 67 (48.9%) | 77 (32.6%) | |
 MJ | 16 (20.0%) | 27 (19.7%) | 45 (19.1%) | |
Chronic condition (%) | ||||
 HIV | 26 (32.9%) | 57 (41.6%) | 173 (73.3%) | < 0.001** |
 Hypertension | 31 (39.2%) | 53 (38.7%) | 107 (45.3%) | 0.233 |
 Diabetes | 3 (3.80%) | 6 (4.4%) | 15 (6.4%) | 0.492 |
 Other | 9 (11.4%) | 17 (12.4%) | 24 (10.2%) | 0.498 |
Main outcomes | ||||
 PHQ-9 (mean, SD) | 6.3 (2.15) | 14.5 (3.47) | 12.8 (3.01) | < 0.001** |
 WHODAS (mean, SD) | 24.1 (17.97) | 37.6 (17.19) | 40.0 (19.48) | 0.251 |