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. 2020 Oct 22;11:574357. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.574357

Table 1.

Baseline participant characteristics.

ESM-trial (n = 19) RCT Stop (n = 24) RCT Go (n = 20) Cohort (n = 94)
Mean age in years (SD) 32.3 (4.8) 31.6 (5.3) 31.4 (4.3) 31.3 (4.3)
Nulliparous (%) 2 (15) 3 (20) 1 (8) 7 (16)
Born in the Netherlands (%)a 18 (100) 22 (100) 14 (87) 89 (99)
Marital status
   Single (%) 1 (5.3) 1 (4) 1 (5) 3 (3)
   Partner, living apart (%) 1 (5.3) 1 (4) 1 (5) 5 (5)
   Married or cohabiting(%) 17 (89) 22 (92) 17 (89) 86 (91)
Smoking (%) 2 (10) 3 (12) 1 (5) 5 (5)
Education
   Primary school or Secondary education (%) 0 (0) 1 (4) 1 (5) 4 (4)
   Vocational or Pre-university education (%) 8 (44) 11 (46) 8 (40) 27 (30)
   Higher education (%) 10 (56) 12 (50) 11 (55) 58 (65)
Duration ADM usage, in months (SD) 72.9 (59.0) 56.0 (50.0) 50.6 (38.0) 72.3 (65.0)
Number of previous MDD episodes (SD) 1.9 (1.0) 2.2 (1.2) 1.9 (1.5) 1.9 (1.5)
Comorbid DSM-IV Axis-I disorders, yes (%) 7 (37) 9 (37) 7 (35) 28 (29)
Mean EPDS score (SD) 5.5 (3.3) 6.3 (3.6) 4.5 (3.1) 6.5 (4.4)
Mean STAI score
   STAI—state (SD) 33.3 (9.1) 34.0 (8.2) 32.6 (7.6) 35.2 (9.5)
   STAI—trait (SD) 39.5 (7.8) 39.3 (7.1) 35.4 (6.5) 40.4 (9.6)
Mean PANAS score
   Positive affect (SD) 2.1 (0.6) 2.0 (0.6) 2.2 (0.7) 2.0 (0.7)
   Negative affect (SD) 0.7 (0.7) 0.8 (0.7) 0.5 (0.5) 0.9 (0.7)

Not all information is available for each participant, resulting in small variations of percentages. Numbers are rounded. RCT, Randomized controlled trial; RCT Stop, RCT group receiving preventive cognitive therapy while tapering ADM; RCT Go, RCT group continuing ADM; ADM, antidepressant medication; ESM, experience sampling methodology; HRSD-17, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression−17 items; MDD, major depressive disorder; DSM-IV, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition; EPDS, Edinburgh post-natal depression scale, STAI, state-trait anxiety inventory; PANAS, positive and negative affect scale.

a

Chi-square indicates significant differences between RCT Stop, RCT Go, and Cohort group (p = 0.02).