Table 1.
The social and demographic characteristics of the study group.
| Variables | rDD N = 20 |
CG N = 22 |
All N = 42 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Age (Years) | 35.91 | 14.09 | 30.23 | 7.05 | 32.92 | 11.22 | |
| Severity of depressive disorder symptoms as measured by BDI-II |
18.81 | 6.75 | - | - | |||
| Gender | Females | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| 15 | 75.01 | 12 | 45.45 | 27 | 64.29 | ||
| Males | 5 | 25.01 | 10 | 54.54 | 15 | 35.71 | |
| Education | Higher | 12 | 60.01 | 15 | 68.18 | 27 | 64.29 |
| Secondary | 8 | 40.01 | 7 | 31.82 | 15 | 35.71 | |
| Rural settlement/ Town < 50,000 inhabitants |
7 | 35.01 | 5 | 22.73 | 12 | 28.57 | |
| City > 50,000 inhabitants | 13 | 65.01 | 17 | 77.27 | 30 | 71.43 | |
rDD—recurrent depressive disorder; CG—comparison group; All—entire study group; N—size; M—mean; SD—standard deviation; %—percentage; BDI-II—Beck Depression Inventory—Second Edition.