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. 2010 Jun 7;3:160. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-160

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of participants.

Characteristics n %
Socioeconomic characteristics
Gender
  Female 18 66.7
  Male 9 33.3
Marital status
  Single 13 48.2
  Married or cohabitant 10 37.0
  Divorced 4 14.8
Education
  Finished tertiary education 12 44.4
Employment
  Employed 20 74.1
  Housewife 3 11.1
  Unemployed 4 14.8
Clinical characteristics
 Major Depressive Disorder, single episode 8 29.7
 Major Depressive Disorder, recurrent episode 19 70.3
Concomitant antidepressants or anxiolytics use
  Yes 22 81.5
  No 5 18.5

Mean SD

Age (years) 38.5 9.5
Duration of current depression episode (years) 5.6 4.3
   Range (years) 1 to 13