Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
| Cohort (N = 783) | |
|---|---|
| Age in years (mean, SD) | 41.75 (12.0) |
| Female (%) | 66.28 |
| North‐European ethnicity (%) | 92.72 |
| Years of education (mean, SD) | 11.0 (3.1) |
| Chronic depresseda (%) | 39.1 |
| One or more chronic somatic diseasesb (%) | 62.1 |
| Treatment settingc | |
| Primary care (%) | 45.9 |
| Secondary care (%) | 54.1 |
| Antidepressants | |
| TCA (%) | 3.7 |
| SSRI (%) | 30.3 |
| Other (%) | 10.5 |
| No AD (%) | 56.6 |
| Total baseline score IDS‐SR (mean, SD) | 35.56 (11.24) |
TCA, tricyclic antidepressants; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; AD, antidepressants; IDS‐SR, The Inventory Depressive Symptomatology‐Self‐Report.
a
Depressed for 24 months or more at baseline.
b
The following diseases were asked: asthma, chronic bronchitis or pulmonary emphysema, heart disease, diabetes, stroke or CVA, osteoarthritis, cancer, stomach or intestinal ulcers, intestinal disorders, liver disease, epilepsy, or thyroid gland disease, and other chronic disease.
c
Refers to mental health care.