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 | |