Variable | Mean (SD)/no. (%) |
---|---|
Demographic characteristics | |
Female (%) | 165 (64.7) |
Bipolar disorder | 48 (18.8) |
Age in years, mean (SD) | 50.9 ± 15.4 |
Educationa,b (n (%)) | |
- Lower | 41 (16.1) |
- Intermediate | 119 (46.7) |
- Higher | 93 (36.5) |
Work status (n (%)) | |
- Unemployed | 149 (58.4) |
- Employed | 93 (36.5) |
- Others (student/voluntary service) | 13 (5.1) |
Marital status (n (%)) | |
- Married | 109 (42.7) |
- Divorced/widowed | 65 (25.5) |
- Never married | 81 (31.8) |
Living situationc (n (%)) | |
- Living alone | 76 (29.8) |
- Living with partner | 96 (37.6) |
- Living with family | 83 (32.5) |
Clinical characteristics | |
Index (first) depressive episode (n (%)) | 56 (22) |
History of 4 or more depressive episodes (n (%)) | 76 (29.8) |
Lifetime substance abuse/dependencyd | |
- Alcohol | 27 (10.6) |
- Drugs (THC, hard drugs, benzodiazepines) | 5 (2.0) |
Melancholic features | 159 (62.4) |
ROM baseline total scores | |
- HRSD-17 | 20.7 ± 4.6 |
- BDI-II | 33.7 ± 9.2 |
Baseline medication use | |
- Antidepressants | 203 (79.6) |
- Antipsychotics | 118 (46.3) |
- Mood stabilizers | 34 (13.3) |
Responders (%) | 169 (66.3) |
Remitters (%) | 128 (50.2) |