Research Article
Chronic and Recurrent Depression in Primary Care: Socio-Demographic Features, Morbidity, and Costs
Table 2
Severity of depression by diagnostic group.
| | Diagnosis | | Chronic major depression () | Recurrent depression () | Dysthymia () | Total () |
| | BDI-II total score |
| | Mean (SD) | 36.0 (10.7) | 31.4 (9.9) | 29.76 (8.6) | 32.52 (10.2) | | Range | 14–60 | 14–57 | 14–49 | 14–60 |
| | BDI-II depression severity |
| | Mild depression | 11 (6.7%) | 39 (13.1%) | 11 (12.4%) | 61 (11.1%) | | Moderate depression | 29 (17.7%) | 88 (29.6%) | 30 (33.7%) | 147 (26.7%) | | Severe depression | 124 (75.6%) | 170 (57.2%) | 48 (53.9%) | 342 (62.2%) |
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