Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Stepped care treatment for depression and anxiety in primary care. a randomized controlled trial

 

Total

n(%)

Stepped care

n(%)

Care as usual

n(%)

P

Demographics

    

Participants

120 (100%)

60 (100%)

60 (100%)

 

Mean age, years (SD)

50.2 (11.2%)

51.2 (9.8%)

49.2 (12.4%)

0.13

Gender (female)

78 (65.0%)

41 (68.3%)

37 (61.7%)

0.44

With a paid job

69 (57.5%)

33 (55.0%)

36 (60.0%)

0.58

Born in The Netherlands

95 (80.5%)

49 (81.7%)

46 (79.3%)

0.50

Married

40 (33.3%)

18 (30.0%)

22 (36.7%)

0.44

Clinical status

    

Depression (IDS, mean (SD))

30.7 (10.8%)

29.5 (11.3%)

31.8 (10.3%)

0.24

Anxiety (HADS, mean (SD))a

9.7 (4.0%)

9.7 (4.1%)

9.8 (4.0%)

0.91

DSM-IV diagnosis

    

Anxiety

    

Any anxiety disorder

110 (91.7%)

55 (91.7%)

55 (91.7%)

1.00

Only anxiety disorder

51 (42.5%)

30 (50.0%)

21 (35.0%)

0.10

Depression

    

Any depressive disorder

69 (57.5%)

30 (50.0%)

39 (65.0%)

0.10

Only depressive disorder

10 (8.3%)

5 (8.3%)

5 (8.3%)

1.00

Comorbid depressive and anxiety disorder

59 (49.2%)

25 (41.7%)

34 (56.7%)

0.10

Mean age of onset DSM-IV diagnosis (SD)b

28.3 (16.0)

28.8 (15.5)

27.8 (16.5)

0.75

  1. HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, IDS = Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, a n = 107 (one missing HADS), b n = 100 (eight patients with unofficial DSM-diagnosis)