Table 1.

Differences between patients lost to follow-up (drop-outs) and the completer sample

	Drop-out (n = 641)	Completer (n =143)	OR	p-value
Female	375 (59 %)	96 (67 %)	1.39	0.017
Positive family anamnesis	241 (38 %)	59 (41 %)	1.12	0.42
Recurrent depression	337 (53 %)	84 (59 %)	1.24	0.11
Any personality disorder	260 (41 %)	44 (31 %)	0.64	0.043
Suicidality admission reason	337 (53 %)	61 (43 %)	0.66	0.001
Living with a partner	248 (39 %)	81 (57 %)	2.04	<0.001
Discharged against medical advise	64 (10 %)	7 (5 %)	0.47	0.009
Number of hospitalisations before admission	0 ± 2.00 (0–21)	0.5 ± 2.00 (0–15)		0.15
Inpatient treatment time (days)	49 ± 47.50 (1–278)	56 ± 46.00 (1–363)		0.007
Age	44.4 ± 12.30 (18.2–69.6)	45.7 ± 11.70 (18.6–65.9)		0.1
Age at onset	38.1 ± 12.81 (10–69)	38.3 ± 12.61 (9–65)		0.89
HAMD 17 baseline	22.8 ± 5.88 (2–40)	21.7 ± 6.08 (1–40)		0.005
HAMD 17 discharge	7.8 ± 5.79 (0–31)	7.7 ± 5.46 (0–30)		0.77