Table 1.

Sample characteristics regarding demographic information, diagnosis, age and duration of illness

	Total (n = 256)
Age, years	32.32 (11.01)
Duration of current episode, years	4.72 (8.04)
Female	143 (63.28%)
Married/in a partnership	126 (49.21%)
Professional or university graduate	119 (46.48%)
Employment
Full time/part time/student	95 (37.11%)
Sick leave > 3 months	106 (41.40%)
Retired or unemployed	24 (9.37%)
Other	31 (12.11%)
Principle diagnosis
Depression	124 (48.44%)
Social Anxiety Disorder	73 (28.51%)
Panic disorder	45 (17.58%)
Agoraphobia	14 (5.47%)

Data are presented as n (%) or mean (SD)