Table 1. General Characteristics of the Sample.
| MDE | OPD | NEP | MDE+OPD | MDE+NEP | |
| (n = 70) | (n = 63) | (n = 61) | p-value | p-value | |
| Age | 32.5 | 32 | 34 | 0.64* | 0.95* |
| median (p25; p75) | (24;47) | (23;41) | (24;46) | ||
| Female (%) | 71.43 | 50.79 | 42.62 | 0.01† | <0.01† |
| Educational Level (%) | 0.46‡ | 0.05‡ | |||
| Incomplete Elementary School | 10 | 1.59 | 1.64 | --- | --- |
| Complete Elementary School | 8.57 | 14.29 | 19.67 | --- | --- |
| Complete High School | 41.43 | 36.51 | 40.98 | --- | --- |
| Technical Studies | 14.29 | 15.87 | 8.2 | --- | --- |
| University-level Studies | 25.71 | 31.75 | 29.51 | --- | --- |
| CGI | 4 | 4 | --- | <0.01* | --- |
| Median (p25; p75) | (4;5) | (3;4) | |||
| CES-D | 35.5 | 20 | 9 | <0.01* | <0.01* |
| Median (p25; p75) | (29;43) | (12;27) | (4;16) | ||
| ZSDS | 53.5 | 40 | 33 | <0.01* | <0.01* |
| Median (p25; p75) | (47;58) | (34;48) | (30;39) | ||
MDE: Group with Major Depressive Episode; OPD: Group with Other Psychiatric Disorders; NEP: Group with no Psychiatric Disorders; CGI: Clinical Global Impression Scale; CES-D (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale); ZSDS (Zung Self-Rated Depression Scale).
*
Kruskall Wallis Test.
‡
: Fisher exact test.