Table 2.
Overview of research population (n=6452).
| Region 1 (n=3020) | Region 2 (n=1484) | Region 3 (n=1948) | P value | |||
| Care-related variables | ||||||
| Nonimprovement, n (%) | 1028 (34.04) | 499 (33.63) | 577 (29.62) | .003 | ||
| Treatment duration (days), mean (SD) | 145.19 (64.87) | 208.00 (78.35) | 205.78 (77.52) | <.001 | ||
| Treatment sessions (n), mean (SD) | 9.73 (2.92) | 13.15 (4.03) | 11.21 (4.34) | <.001 | ||
| Type and severity of complaints | ||||||
| Baseline symptom severity score, mean (SD) | 51.42 (13.94) | 52.16 (13.45) | 48.72 (13.65) | <.001 | ||
| Baseline social role score, mean (SD) | 13.76 (5.06) | 14.37 (4.97) | 13.79 (5.06) | <.001 | ||
| Baseline interpersonal relations score, mean (SD) | 15.29 (6.08) | 17.01 (6.50) | 15.28 (6.11) | <.001 | ||
| Baseline total OQ-45 a score, mean (SD) | 80.47 (21.25) | 83.54 (20.76) | 77.79 (21.07) | <.001 | ||
| Diagnosis group, n (%) | <.001 | |||||
| Anxiety | 1300 (43) | 562 (37.9) | 726 (37.3) | |||
| Depression | 1142 (37.8) | 568 (38.3) | 875 (44.9) | |||
| Other | 578 (19.1) | 354 (23.9) | 347 (17.8) | |||
| Demographic variables, n (%) | ||||||
| Sex | .14 | |||||
| Female | 1878 (62.2) | 934 (62.9) | 1265 (64.9) | |||
| Male | 1142 (37.8) | 550 (37.1) | 683 (35.1) | |||
| Age category (years) | <.001 | |||||
| <30 | 954 (31.6) | 505 (34) | 519 (26.6) | |||
| 30-40 | 694 (23) | 369 (24.9) | 478 (24.5) | |||
| 40-50 | 577 (19.1) | 249 (16.8) | 412 (21.1) | |||
| 50-60 | 556 (18.4) | 241 (16.2) | 357 (18.3) | |||
| ≥60 | 239 (7.9) | 120 (8.1) | 182 (9.3) | |||
| Origin | <.001 | |||||
| Native | 2838 (94) | 1 (0.1) | 343 (17.6) | |||
| Immigrant | 68 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 97 (5) | |||
| Unknown | 114 (3.8) | 1483 (99.9) | 1508 (77.4) | |||
| Marital status | <.001 | |||||
| Not married | 1612 (53.4) | 50 (3.4) | 969 (49.7) | |||
| Married | 1052 (34.8) | 24 (1.6) | 747 (38.3) | |||
| Divorced/widowed | 356 (11.8) | 8 (0.5) | 224 (11.5) | |||
| Unknown | 0 (0) | 1402 (94.5) | 8 (0.4) | |||
| Living situation | <.001 | |||||
| Alone | 981 (32.5) | 35 (2.4) | 571 (29.3) | |||
| With partner | 1638 (54.2) | 43 (2.9) | 1100 (56.5) | |||
| Child | 248 (8.2) | 9 (0.6) | 186 (9.5) | |||
| Other | 151 (5) | 6 (0.4) | 83 (4.3) | |||
| Unknown | 2 (0.1) | 1391 (93.8) | 8 (0.4) | |||
| Paid job | <.001 | |||||
| Employed | 1071 (35.5) | 392 (26.4) | 536 (27.5) | |||
| Not employed | 1949 (64.5) | 831 (56) | 1412 (72.5) | |||
| Unknown | 0 (0) | 261 (17.6) | 0 (0) | |||
aOQ-45.2: Outcome Questionnaire.