Do Nonsuicidal Severely Depressed Individuals with Diabetes Profit from Internet-Based Guided Self-Help? Secondary Analyses of a Pragmatic Randomized Trial
Table 1
Demographics.
Variable
All participants
Nonsuicidal severely depressed subgroup
IG
CG
Total
IG
CG
Total
()
()
()
()
()
()
Age: mean (SD)
50.16 (11.68)
51.34 (11.92)
50.75 (11.7)
44.45 (11.24)
47.20 (13.37)
45.83 (12.35)
Sex: female (%)
80 (63.0)
79 (62.7)
159 (62.8)
13 (65.0)
14 (70.0)
27 (67.5)
Education (%)
High
32 (25.2)
45 (35.7)
30.4 (77.0)
2 (10.0)
6 (30.0)
8 (20.0)
Medium
87 (69.0)
72 (57.1)
159 (62.8)
16 (80.0
11 (55.0)
27 (67.5)
Low
7 (5.5)
9 (7.1)
16 (6.3)
2 (10.0)
3 (15.0)
5 (12.5)
Married (%)
84 (66.1)
75 (59.5)
159 (62.8)
10 (50.0)
8 (40.0)
18 (45.0)
Ethnicity (%), Caucasian
94 (74.0)
94 (74.6)
188 (74.3)
15 (75.0)
16 (80.0)
31 (77.5)
Diabetes (%)
Diabetes I
64 (50.4)
49 (38.9)
113 (44.6)
14 (70.0)
8 (40.0)
22 (55.0)
Diabetes II
63 (49.6)
77 (61.1)
140 (55.3)
6 (30.0)
12 (60.0)
18 (45.0)
Medication, yes (%)
50 (39.3)
61 (48.4)
111 (43.8)
5 (25.0)
10 (50.0)
15 (37.5)
Insulin, yes (%)
29 (58.0)
26 (42.6)
55 (49.5)
3 (60.0)
6 (60.0)
9 (60.0)
Average years since diabetes diagnosis
5-10 years
5-10 years
5-10 years
>10 years
5-10 years
>10 years
Secondary diseases (%)
33 (26.0)
30 (28.3)
63 (24.9)
6 (30.0)
5 (25.0)
11 (27.5)
High blood pressure
15 (45.4)
12 (40.0)
27 (42.8)
3 (50.0)
2 (40.0)
5 (45.4)
Coronary heart disease
4 (12.1)
4 (13.3)
8 (12.6)
—
—
—
Blood vessels
9 (27.2)
8 (26.6)
17 (26.9)
1 (16.6)
1 (20.0)
2 (18.1)
Eye disease
13 (39.3)
5 (16.6)
18 (28.5)
3 (50.0)
3 (60.0)
6 (54.5)
Nerve damage
13 (39.3)
11 (36.6)
24 (38.0)
4 (66.6)
3 (60.0)
7 (63.6)
Kidney damage
3 (9.0)
2 (6.6)
5 (7.9)
—
—
—
Infections
5 (15.1)
3 (10.0)
8 (12.6)
1 (16.6)
—
1 (9.0)
Sexual dysfunction
9 (27.2)
8 (26.6)
17 (26.9)
3 (50.0)
1 (20.0)
4 (36.3)
Eating disorder
5 (15.1)
6 (20.0)
11 (17.4)
1 (16.6)
3 (60.0)
4 (36.3)
Other
7 (21.2)
4 (13.3)
11 (17.4)
1 (16.6)
1 (20.0)
2 (18.2)
Experience with psychotherapy (%)
69 (54.8)
71 (56.3)
140 (55.3)
9 (45.0)
13 (65.0)
22 (55.0)
Psychotherapy for depression
48 (69.5)
52 (73.2)
100 (71.4)
7 (77.7)
8 (61.5)
15 (68.1)
IG: intervention group; CG: control group. Percentages less than 100 are due to missing data.