One-Year Follow-Up of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Patients’ Depression: A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Controlled Study

Table 1

Patient demographics ( = 62).

Variable (category)	Experimental group ( = 30)		Control group ( = 32)		Total ( = 62)		value
	Number	(%)	Number	(%)	Number	(%)
Gender
Male	10	37.1	13	40.6	23	37.1	0.55
Female	20	62.9	19	59.4	39	62.9
Educational level
Junior high school and below	7	23.3	3	9.4	10	16.1	0.29
High school	5	16.7	9	28.1	14	22.6
Junior college/college	15	50.0	14	43.8	29	46.8
Masters and above	3	10.0	6	18.7	9	14.5
Occupation
Employed	11	36.7	11	34.4	22	35.5	0.65
Unemployed	10	33.3	14	43.8	24	38.7
Housekeeper	9	30.0	7	21.8	16	25.8
Marital status
Married	17	56.7	16	50.0	33	53.2	0.46
Single	1	3.3	0	0.0	1	1.7
Separated/divorced/widowed	12	40.0	16	50.0	28	45.1
Religion
Folk beliefs	19	63.3	19	59.4	38	61.3	0.99
Christianity	6	20.0	9	28.1	15	24.2
Buddhism and Taoism	5	16.7	4	12.5	9	14.5
Support
Family support	13	43.3	11	34.4	24	38.7	0.47
No support	17	56.7	21	65.6	38	61.3
Medication adherence
Regular	16	53.3	13	40.6	29	46.8	0.46
Irregular	14	46.7	19	59.3	33	53.2
Number of episodes
One	10	33.3	12	37.5	22	35.5	0.74
Two	16	53.4	13	40.6	29	46.8
Three	3	10.0	5	15.6	8	12.9
Four	1	3.0	2	6.3	3	4.8
Major diseases
Yes	21	70.0	27	84.4	48	77.4	0.17
No	9	30.0	5	15.6	14	22.6
Age (years)		45.43 ± 10.88		46.81 ± 10.38			0.65
MMSE score		29.07 ± 1.20		29.28 ± 0.89			0.61
BDI-II score		40.30 ± 9.09		37.59 ± 10.24			0.27
HRSD score		40.37 ± 9.46		37.66 ± 7.09			0.21

MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Examination; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory; HRSD, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.