Collaborative care compared to enhanced standard treatment of depression with co-morbid medical conditions among patients from rural South India: a cluster randomized controlled trial (HOPE Study)

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample at baseline, by treatment arm (n = 2486)

	Collaborative care (n = 1222; 24 PHCs)		Enhanced standard care (n = 1264; 25 PHCs)		All (n = 2486)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Female	947	77.5	917	72.5	1864	75.0
Marital status:
Married	754	61.7	837	66.2	1591	64.0
Widowed	443	36.3	400	31.6	843	33.9
Other	25	2.0	27	2.1	52	2.1
Education^a
No formal education	738	60.5	700	55.4	1438	57.9
Primary education	352	28.9	374	29.6	726	29.2
≥ Secondary education	130	10.7	189	15.0	319	12.8
Monthly household income in Rupees:
≤ 5000	877	71.8	893	70.6	1770	71.2
5001–10,000	263	21.5	300	23.7	563	22.6
> 10,000	82	6.7	71	5.6	153	6.2
Hindu religion	1207	98.8	1241	98.2	2448	98.5
Age categories (in years):
30–44	88	7.2	91	7.2	179	7.2
45–54	237	19.4	261	20.6	498	20.0
55–64	440	36.0	436	34.5	876	35.2
65–74	382	31.3	399	31.6	781	31.4
≥ 75	75	6.1	77	6.1	152	6.1
Number of chronic conditions
1	332	27.2	338	26.7	670	27.0
2	372	30.4	412	32.6	784	31.5
3	461	37.7	458	36.2	919	37.0
4	57	4.7	56	4.4	113	4.5

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