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. 2020 Dec 8;8(2):121–129. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30491-0

Table 2.

Characteristics of study population by lifetime mental health disorder

Overall (n=1517)
Lifetime mental health disorder
Yes (n=1181) No (n=336) p value
Age, years 56·1 (13·2) 55·7 (12·9) 57·7 (14·4) 0·013
Gender .. .. .. <0·0001
Women 976 (64%) 791 (67%) 185 (55%) ..
Men 541 (36%) 390 (33%) 151 (45%) ..
Education .. .. .. <0·0001
Basic 48 (3%) 42 (3%) 6 (2%) ..
Intermediate 827 (55%) 671 (57%) 156 (46%) ..
High 642 (42%) 468 (40%) 174 (52%) ..
Source study .. .. .. <0·0001
NESDA 1319 (87%) 1016 (86%) 303 (90%) ..
NESDO 68 (4%) 35 (3%) 33 (10%) ..
NOCDA 130 (9%) 130 (11%) 0 (0%) ..
Date of response to online questionnaire .. .. .. 0·76
April 1–15, 2020 735 (48%) 578 (49%) 157 (47%) ..
April 16–30, 2020 692 (46%) 533 (45%) 159 (47%) ..
May 1–15, 2020 90 (6%) 70 (6%) 20 (6%) ..
Living alone 451 (30%) 370 (31%) 81 (24%) 0·011
COVID-19 diagnosis 17 (1%) 15 (1%) 2 (1%) 0·30
Current mental health treatment 605 (44%) 590 (55%) 15 (3%) <0·0001
In need of mental health treatment 50 (4%) 48 (4%) 2 (1%) <0·0001

Data are mean (SD) or n (%). Lifetime mental health disorders included depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders. NESDA=Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety. NESDO=Netherlands Study of Depression in Older Persons. NOCDA=Netherlands Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Association Study.