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. 2017 Aug 29;4(3):e35. doi: 10.2196/mental.5453

Table 1.

Baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the two subsamples and the total study group (n=1292). The MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus (MINI-Plus) 5.0.0 was used to collect diagnostic information. Participants can have more than one diagnosis.

Characteristics General population sample
(n=1117)
Outpatient sample
(n=175)
Total study sample
(n=1292)
Baseline sociodemographica characteristics




Age (years), mean (SDb) 40.04 (12.53) 36.67 (12.40) 39.6 (12.56)

Gender, n (%)





Female 712 (63.74) 70 (40.0) 782 (60.53)

Ethnical backgroundc, n (%)





Dutch 1116 (99.91) 160 (91.4) 1223 (94.66)


Other 53 (4.74) 10 (5.7) 63 (4.88)

Educational statusd, n (%)




Lower education 250 (22.38) 64 (36.6) 314 (24.30)


Higher education 866 (77.53) 106 (60.6) 972 (75.23)

Employment status, n (%)




Employed 914 (81.83) 85 (48.6) 999 (77.32)


Unemployed or retired 202 (18.08) 85 (48.6) 287 (22.21)

Marital status, n (%)




Married or cohabitating 766 (68.58) 89 (50.9) 855 (66.18)
Clinical characteristics or MINIe-Plus Diagnosisf, n (%)




Depressive (with or without anxiety) disorder 12 (1.07) 67 (38.3) 79 (6.11)

Anxiety (with or without depressive) disorder 60 (5.37) 79 (45.1) 139 (10.76)

Panic disorder (without agoraphobia) 4 (0.36) 24 (13.7) 28 (2.17)

Agoraphobia 27 (2.42) 37 (21.1) 64 (4.95)

Panic disorder with agoraphobia 2 (0.18) 18 (10.3) 20 (1.55

Social phobia 10 (0.09) 9 (5.1) 19 (1.47)

Specific phobia 9 (0.81) 3 (1.7) 12 (0.93)

Generalized anxiety disorder 13 (1.16) 22 (12.6) 35 (2.71)

Posttraumatic stress disorder 5 (0.45) 14 (8.0) 19 (1.47)

Obsessive compulsive disorder 6 (0.54) 3 (1.7) 9 (0.70)

Alcohol abuse or dependence 51 (4.57) 4 (2.3) 55 (4.26)

No current DSM-IV-TRg diagnosish 902 (80.75) 32 (18.3) 934 (72.29)

aDemographic data; ethnic background, educational status, and employment status are missing for 6 participants (1 participant from the general population sample, and 5 outpatients).

bSD: standard deviation.

cDutch ethnic background was assumed when the participant was born in the Netherlands.

dLower education=having completed elementary school, lower general primary education, or no education at all; higher education=more than lower education (includes university).

eMINI: Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

fClinical characteristics or diagnosis were missing for 1 participant.

gDSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition-Text Revision.

hDenotes participants who did not pass the threshold for having a current Axis- I DSM-IV-TR diagnosis according to the MINI-Plus interview.