Research Article
Factors Associated with Psychiatric Comorbidity in Depression Patients in Primary Health Care in Chile
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of sample in 394 primary care patients with depression, Maule region, Chile, 2014.
| Sociodemographic Characteristics |
| | Mean | Standard deviation |
| Age | 47,5 years | 15,1 |
| Sex | N | |
| Women | 344 | 86,8 |
| Scholarship | N | |
| Less than high school | 156 | 39.6 |
| High school/partial high school | 164 | 41.6 |
| College/partial college | 74 | 18.8 |
| Other Features | N | % |
| Lives with partner | 179 | 45.4 |
| Lives alone | 48 | 12 |
| Employed with incomes | 52 | 13.2 |
| Clinical Characteristics Of Depression | | Mean | Standard deviation |
| Age at the first episode (years) | 30.7 | 17.2 |
| Number of depressive episodes | 3.64 | 4.2 |
| Duration of the longest episode (years) | 3.58 | 7.2 |
| Depressive symptoms at baseline HDRS (points) | 20 | 4.6 |
| | N | |
| History of suicide attempt | 138 | 35 |
| History of previous depression treatment | 177 | 44.9 |
| Comorbidities |
| Biomedical | N | | 0 | 177 | 45 | 1 | 84 | 21.4 | 3 | 74 | 18,9 | More than 3 | 59 | 15 |
| Psychiatric | N | | 0 | 43 | 10,9 | 1 | 81 | 20.6 | 2 | 80 | 20.3 | 3 | 77 | 19.5 | More than 3 | 113 | 28.6 |
| Adverse Biographical Events |
| Stressful life events during previous six months | N | | 0 | 30 | 7.6 | 1 | 83 | 21.1 | 2 | 87 | 22.1 | 3 | 64 | 16.2 | More than 3 | 136 | 34.6 |
| Intimate partner violence events (entire life) | N | | 0 | 165 | 41.9 | 1 | 25 | 6.4 | 2 | 18 | 4.7 | 3 or more | 186 | 47.2 |
| Childhood trauma events | N | | 0 | 71 | 18 | 1 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 66 | 16.7 | 3 | 67 | 17 | 4 or more | 123 | 31.2 |
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