Research Article
Long-Term Effects of the Treatment of Depressive Female Inpatients in a Naturalistic Study: Is Early Improvement a Valid Predictor of Outcome?
Table 3
Demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects by study groups.
| | Characteristics | Group with early improvement (EI30) | Group without early improvement (NEI30) | / | df | P value | | |
| | Average age (years) | 45.50 (SD = 16.72) | 39.93 (SD = 14.16) | −2.817 | 275 | .005 | | Family status | | | | | | | Single | 25.6% ( | 26.7% () | .979 | 2 | .614 | | Married/with partner | 59.7% () | 54.5% () | | Divorced/widowed | 14.8% () | 18.8% () | | Education | | | | | | | Primary and secondary school | 75.6% () | 83.2% () | 2.433 | 2 | .295 | | Upper secondary school (matura) | 14.8% () | 8.9% () | | University or other tertiary education | 9.7% () | 7.9% () | | Working status | | | | | | | Full-time/part-time | 36.4% () | 41.6% () | 1.787 | 3 | .650 | | Unemployed | 60.2% () | 56.4% () | | Student | 2.8% () | 1.0% () | | Retired | 0.6% () | 1.0% () | | Depressive disorder | | | | | | | First episode | 25.6% () | 23.8% () | .112 | 1 | .775 | | Recurrent episode | 74.4% () | 76.2% () | | Comorbid disorder | | | | | | | No | 43.2% () | 18.8% () | 16.913 | 1 | .000 | | Yes | 56.8% () | 81.2% () | | Number of inpatient treatments | 1.17 (SD = 1.72) | 1.37 (SD = 1.74) | .910 | 275 | .364 | | Number of outpatient treatments | 1.09 (SD = .987) | 1.29 (SD = 1.08) | 1.538 | 275 | .125 | | Treatment duration | 85.88 (SD = 36.41) | 114.50 (SD = 39.49) | 6.106 | 275 | .000 |
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