Table 1.
Patient characteristics (N = 917)
| Characteristics | All patients N = 917 |
Depression N = 183 |
Anxiety N = 142 |
Somatoform disorders N = 138 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 581 | 121 (20.8%) | 102 (17.6%) | 116 (20.0%) |
| Male | 336 | 62 (18.4%) | 40 (11.9%) | 22 (6.5%) |
| Age | ||||
| < 30 | 94 | 27 (28.7%) | 23 (24.5%) | 19 (20.2%) |
| 30-49 | 279 | 69 (24.7%) | 57 (20.4%) | 57 (20.4%) |
| 50-69 | 341 | 60 (17.6%) | 46 (13.5%) | 36 (10.6%) |
| > = 70 | 203 | 27 (13.3%) | 16 (7.9%) | 26 (12.8%) |
| Nationality | ||||
| Swiss | 716 | 130 (18.2%) | 102 (14.2%) | 94 (13.1%) |
| Other | 189 | 53 (28.0%) | 40 (21.2%) | 42 (22.2%) |
| Education | ||||
| High | 171 | 28 (16.4%) | 22 (12.9%) | 14 (8.2%) |
| Lower | 716 | 151 (21.1%) | 116 (16.2%) | 117 (16.3%) |
| Duration of the index consultation | ||||
| Mean (SD) in minutes | 27.4 (10.4) | 30.3 (11.3) | 30.7 (12.0) | 29.2 (11.0) |
| Number of medical consultations during the previous 3 months | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 2.1 (2.2) | 3.0 (2.9) | 2.8 (2.2) | 2.7 (2.2) |