Table 2.

Randomization checks.

Characteristic	Treated group (N = 209)		Control group (N = 196)		Difference
	M	SD	M	SD	t	p-value
Age	36.88	13.45	36.16	11.40	−0.57	0.56
Depression severity (PHQ-9)	13.13	5.22	13.00	5.19	−0.25	0.80
	N	%	N	%	χ2	p
Female	178	85.16	165	84.18	0.07	0.78
Lebanese	46	22.00	48	24.48	0.35	0.55
Place of residence (South)	158	87.30	173	90.57	1.02	0.31
New patient	65	31.10	78	39.79	3.35	0.067
Education
Illiterate	23	10.58	34	17.53	4.03	0.045
Basic	161	77.40	118	60.82
Secondary	20	9.62	24	11.86
University	5	2.40	19	9.79

PHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire.

Kruskal–Wallis test was used for education and chi-squared statistic with ties was reported. It is worthy to mention that while the p-value associated with X² (with ties) was <0.05, the p-value associated with X² (without ties) was 0.23.