The Impact of an Early Eclectic Rehabilitative Intervention on Symptoms in First Episode Depression among Employed People

Table 2

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.

Variable	Intervention group 𝑁=134		Control group 𝑁=100		Difference
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑃-value
Gender
Male	28	20.9	8	8.0	0.007
Female	106	79.1	92	92.0
Marital status
Cohabiting	96	71.6	73	73.0	0.819
Other	38	28.4	27	27.0
Age groups
<40 years	33	24.6	21	21.0	0.781
40–50 years	62	46.3	50	50.0
>50 years	39	29.1	29	29.0
Basic education
High	53	39.5	37	37.0	0.893
Medium	51	38.1	41	41.0
Low	30	22.4	22	22.0
Vocational education
High	30	22.4	20	20.0	0.059
Medium	57	42.5	30	30.0
Low	47	35.1	50	50.0
Status of employer
Public	74	56.1	57	57.5	0.635
Private	52	39.4	35	39.4
Other	6	4.5	7	7.1
Social status
High	24	17.9	10	10.0	0.030
Medium	83	61.9	56	56.0
Low	27	20.2	34	34.0
Antidepressive medication
Yes	38	28.4	29	29.3	0.885
No	96	71.6	70	70.7
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Yes	41	30.6	18	18.0	0.028
No	93	69.4	82	82.0