Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants (n = 15)
| Gender, n | |
| Male | 7 |
| Female | 8 |
| Membership Dutch Depression Association | |
| Yes | 7 |
| No | 8 |
| Age, years | |
| Mean (SD) | 43,5 (15) |
| Range | 23–67 |
| Ethnicity, n | |
| Dutch | 11 |
| Surinamese/Antillean | 1 |
| Serbian/Croatian | 1 |
| Surinamese/Hindustani | 1 |
| Dutch Antillean | 1 |
| Educational level, n | |
| Secondary education | 3 |
| Secondary Vocational Education and Training | 1 |
| Higher education (research-oriented and profession-oriented) | 11 |
| Treatment history typea, n | |
| A form of therapy in mental health care (i.e. CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy) | 15 |
| Former use of medication | 5 |
| Current use of medication | 7 |
| Never used medication | 3 |
| Number of depressive episodesa, n | |
| One episode (negative case) | 1 |
| Two episodes | 1 |
| 3–5 episodes | 7 |
| > 5 episodes | 4 |
| Chronic course only (≥ 2 years of symptoms) | 2 |
| Chronic course in addition to depressive episodes | 4 |
| Age at onset, years | |
| Range | 12–45 |
| 12–18 | 5 |
| 19–25 | 3 |
| 26–32 | 3 |
| 33–45 | 3 |
| ≥ 46 | 0 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Years since onset, years | |
| Range | 10–45 |
| 0–10 | 2 |
| 11–20 | 4 |
| 21–30 | 6 |
| 31–40 | 2 |
| 41–50 | 1 |
aIncluding overlap