Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants (n = 15)
Gender, n | |
Male | 7 |
Female | 8 |
Membership Dutch Depression Association | |
Yes | 7 |
No | 8 |
Age, years | |
Mean (SD) | 43,5 (15) |
Range | 23–67 |
Ethnicity, n | |
Dutch | 11 |
Surinamese/Antillean | 1 |
Serbian/Croatian | 1 |
Surinamese/Hindustani | 1 |
Dutch Antillean | 1 |
Educational level, n | |
Secondary education | 3 |
Secondary Vocational Education and Training | 1 |
Higher education (research-oriented and profession-oriented) | 11 |
Treatment history typea, n | |
A form of therapy in mental health care (i.e. CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy) | 15 |
Former use of medication | 5 |
Current use of medication | 7 |
Never used medication | 3 |
Number of depressive episodesa, n | |
One episode (negative case) | 1 |
Two episodes | 1 |
3–5 episodes | 7 |
> 5 episodes | 4 |
Chronic course only (≥ 2 years of symptoms) | 2 |
Chronic course in addition to depressive episodes | 4 |
Age at onset, years | |
Range | 12–45 |
12–18 | 5 |
19–25 | 3 |
26–32 | 3 |
33–45 | 3 |
≥ 46 | 0 |
Unknown | 1 |
Years since onset, years | |
Range | 10–45 |
0–10 | 2 |
11–20 | 4 |
21–30 | 6 |
31–40 | 2 |
41–50 | 1 |