TABLE 1.

Demographic information on participants in the treatment and control groups.

	Treatment group	Control group	Total
	n = 52	n = 57	N = 109
Sex (%)
Female/male	98.1/1.9	94.7/5.3	96.3/3.7
Age in years
Average	41.8	36.5	39.03
Min.	18	18	18
Max.	63	64	64
Education (%)
Comprehensive school	7.7	5.3	6.4
Secondary education	30.8	36.8	33.9
Vocational school	11.5	10.5	11.0
Lower university degree	26.9	22.8	24.8
Higher university degree	21.2	17.5	19.3
Other (e.g., Ph.D.)	1.9	7.0	4.6
Employment situation (%)
Full-time employment	21.1	14.0	17.4
Part-time employment	17.3	5.3	11.0
Unemployed	5.8	14.0	10.1
Disability allowance	5.8	8.8	7.3
Studying	19.2	29.8	24.8
Other (e.g., sick leave, freelance, scholarship)	30.8	28.1	29.4
Antidepressant medication (%)
Yes/no	65.4/34.6	47.4/52.6	56.0/44.0
Other treatment (%)
Individual sessions every 1–2 weeks	28.6	33.3	31.1
Individual sessions every 3–4 weeks	34.3	38.5	36.5
Individual sessions every 5 weeks or less frequently	22.9	15.4	18.9
Weekly treatment group	2.9	12.8	8.1
Self-initiated hobbies and leisure groups	25.7	35.9	31.1
Previous depression episodes (%)
Yes/no	73/27	70/30	71.6/28.4