Table 1.
Clinical and demographic baseline characteristics of the participants who started the treatment.
| Characteristic | Intention-to-treat sample (n=229) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 46.40 (12.51) | |
| Gender, n (%) |
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Male | 73 (31.9) |
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Female | 156 (68.1) |
| Education, n (%) |
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Primary | 42 (18.3) |
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Secondary | 100 (43.7) |
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Higher | 78 (34.1) |
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Other | 8 (3.5) |
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Not answered | 1 (0.4) |
| Employment, n (%) |
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Yes | 169 (73.8) |
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No | 58 (25.3) |
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Unknown | 1 (0.4) |
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Not answered | 1 (0.4) |
| Depressive episodes, n (%) |
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Less than 4 weeks | 10 (4.4) |
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Between 4 and 8 weeks | 40 (17.5) |
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Between 8 and 12 weeks | 65 (28.4) |
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Between 3 and 6 months | 51 (22.3) |
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Between 6 months and 1 year | 36 (15.7) |
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Between 1 year and 3 years | 23 (10.0) |
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Between 3 and 5 years | 2 (0.9) |
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Between 5 and 10 years | 2 (0.9) |
| Antidepressant medication, n (%) |
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Yes, for less than 1 month | 7 (3.1) |
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Yes, for less than 2 months | 44 (19.2) |
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Yes, for more than 2 months | 74 (32.3) |
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No | 104 (45.4) |
| Satisfaction with lifea, n (%) |
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Preintervention | 3.50 (1.16) |
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Postintervention | 4.03 (1.28) |
| Satisfaction with mental healtha, n (%) |
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Preintervention | 3.23 (1.03) |
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Postintervention | 3.98 (1.32) |
aAssessed using a single-item question (How satisfied are you with your life as a whole today? or How satisfied are you with your mental health?) and rated on a 6-point scale (1=couldn’t be worse, 2=displeased, 3=mostly dissatisfied, 4=mixed, 5=mostly satisfied, 6=pleased, 7=couldn’t be better).