Table 1.

Baseline Sociodemographic and Clinical characteristics of participants in the NEVERMIND study.

	Intervention	Control
Total population (n)	213	212
Sociodemographic characteristics
Male (%)	117 (54·93)	120 (56·60)
Female (%)	96 (45·07)	92 (43·40)
Mean age (SD)	58·69 (11·13)	60·12 (10·23)
Living arrangement (%)	··	··
Alone	27 (12·68)	42 (19·81)
With someone	186 (87·32)	170 (80·19)
Clinical characteristics
Centre (%)	··	··
Turin	144 (67·61)	141 (66·51)
Pisa	15 (7·04)	18 (8·49)
Lisbon	53 (24·88)	54 (25·47)
Somatic condition (%)	··	··
Breast Cancer	80 (37·56)	75 (35·38)
Prostate Cancer	49 (23·00)	51 (24·07)
Myocardial Infarction	53 (24·88)	49 (23·11)
Kidney failure	19 (8·92)	24 (11·32)
Leg amputation	12 (5·63)	13 (6·13)
BDI-II score (SD)	11·17 (8·38)	11·41 (7·60)
Missing data (%)	1 (0·005)	1 (0·005)
BDI-II Score (%)*	··	··
Minimal depressive symptoms**	146 (68·87)	138 (65·40)
Depressive symptoms***	66 (16·51)	73 (20·38)
General Well-being (SD)	61·64 (23·52)	60·97 (21·08)
Missing data (%)	1 (0·005)	1 (0·005)
Suicidal ideation (SD)	0·91 (1·99)	0·73 (2·14)
Missing data (%)	1 (0·005)	1 (0·005)
Illness perception (SD)	45·08 (11·90)	45·66 (11·27)
Missing data (%)	1 (0·005)	2 (0·009)
Self-efficacy for managing chronic disease (SD)	7·00 (2·12)	6·71 (2·12)
Missing data (%)	1 (0·005)	2 (0·009)
Anticipated stigma (SD)	1·66 (0·63)	1·66 (0·66)
Missing data (%)	1 (0·005)	2 (0·009)
Satisfaction with Social Roles & Activities (SD)	45·98 (4·41)	45·80 (4·80)
Missing data (%)	1 (0·005)	2 (0·009)
Physical activity (%)	··	··
Sedentary	77 (36·15)	75 (35·38)
Under-active	84 (39·44)	87 (26·89)
Active	52 (24·41)	50 (37·73)
Self-compassion (SD)	3·36 (0·71)	3·32 (0·69)

*Beck Depression Inventory II.

**BDI-II score≤13.

***BDI-II score>14.