Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants.
| Study Participants (N = 269) | |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 24.75 (5.3) |
| (min–max) | (15 to 41 years) |
| ≤18 years, no. (%) | 21 (7.8) |
| 19 to 25 years, no. (%) | 139 (51.7) |
| 26 to 30 years, no. (%) | 69 (25.7) |
| 31 to 41 years, no. (%) | 40 (14.9) |
| n = 269 | |
| Sex | |
| Female, no. (%) | 105 (39.0) |
| Male, no. (%) No information |
163 (60.6) 1 (0.4) |
| n = 269 | |
| Educational degree | |
| No degree/lower secondary education (“Hauptschulabschluss”), no. (%) | 25 (9.3) |
| Medium secondary education (“Mittlere Reife”), no. (%) | 58 (21.6) |
| Upper secondary education (“(Fach-) Hochschulreife”), no. (%) | 133 (49.4) |
| ≥ University degree, no. (%) Unknown |
52 (19.3) 1 (0.4) |
| n = 269 | |
| Migration background | |
| Yes, no. (%) No, no. (%) Not specified by participant |
126 (46.8) 105 (39.0) 38 (14.2) |
| n = 269 | |
| Psychopathology (according to ICD-10) 1 | |
| Depressive disorders, no. (%) | 104 (38.6) |
| Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders, no. (%) | 48 (17.8) |
| Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, no. (%) | 37 (13.8) |
| Others No diagnosis unclear |
45 (16.7) 6 (2.2) 29 (10.8) |
| n = 269 | |
| Increased risk for psychosis (yes), no (%) | 56 (20.8) n = 269 |
| Level of depression (according to BDI-II) 2 | |
| No depression (or remitted) (scores 0–13), no. (%) | 72 (29.3) |
| Mild depression (scores 14–19), no. (%) | 38 (15.5) |
| Moderate depression (scores 20–28), no. (%) | 77 (31.3) |
| Severe depression (scores 29–63), no. (%) | 59 (24.0) |
| n = 246 | |
| Level of Health Literacy (according to HLS-EU-Q47) 3 | |
| General HL, M(SD) | 31.25 (07.15) |
| n = 267 |
1 ICD-10: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. 2 BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory II [19]. 3 European Health Literacy Questionnaire [15]: Thresholds were set to compare levels of HL, divided in excellent (>42–50), sufficient (>33–42), problematic (>25–33) and inadequate (0–25). The bold words show the category of the following subcategories in this column.