Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention in Treatment-Naïve Patients with Antidepressant Medication in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the total study population and the intervention group. Values are expressed as numbers (percentages).
Variable
Category
() general (%)
() intervention (%)
() control (%)
Gender
Women
96 (90.6)
49 (98)
47 (83.9)
Age
Mean (SD)
52.79 (13.98)
52.14 (13.22)
53.38 (14.71)
Nationality
Spanish
97 (91.5)
45 (90)
52 (92.9)
Marital status
Single
18 (17.1)
9 (18)
9 (16.4)
Married/cohabitant
51 (48.6)
25 (50)
26 (47.3)
Divorced/separated
15 (14.3)
8 (16)
7 (12.7)
Widow/widowed
21 (20)
8 (16)
13 (23.6)
Educational level
Did not complete primary education
13 (12.5)
6 (12)
7 (13)
Completed primary education
38 (36.5)
18 (36)
20 (37)
Secondary education
33 (31.7)
18 (36)
15 (27.8)
University
20 (19.2)
8 (16)
12 (22.2)
Number of children
0 children
31 (29.2)
12 (24)
19 (33.9)
1-2 children
51 (48.1)
25 (50)
26 (46.4)
≥3 children
24 (22.6)
13 (26)
11 (19.6)
Employment status
Self-employed
97 (42.4)
56 (47.1)
41 (37.3)
Disability or permanent disability
20 (8.7)
9 (7.6)
11 (10)
Unemployed
32 (14)
18 (15.1)
14 (12.7)
Works at home
36 (15.7)
19 (16)
17 (15.5)
Retired
44 (19.2)
17 (14.3)
27 (24.5)
Core coexistence
Alone
22 (21.2)
8 (16)
14 (25.9)
With children
15 (14.4)
9 (18)
6 (11.1)
With his/her partner
24 (23.1)
13 (26)
11 (20.4)
With his/her partner and children
25 (24)
13 (26)
12 (22.2)
With parents
3 (2.9)
2 (4)
1 (1.9)
With another family
5 (4.8)
2 (4)
3 (5.6)
With other people
7 (6.7)
2 (4)
5 (9.3)
Others
3 (2.9)
1 (2)
2 (3.7)
Employment economic status
Permanent contract
35 (35.7)
18 (37.5)
17 (34)
Temporary contract
4 (4.1)
2 (4.2)
2 (4)
Self-employment
6 (6.1)
3 (6.3)
3 (6)
Working without contract
8 (8.2)
6 (12.5)
2 (4)
No work, but has a salary
32 (32.7)
13 (27.1)
19 (38)
No work, no salary
13 (13.3)
6 (12.5)
7 (14)
Stressful event
Yes
57 (57.6)
28 (60.9)
29 (54.7)
Medication: anxiolytics
Yes
40 (37.7)
20 (40)
20 (35.7)
Hypnotics
Yes
6 (5.7)
0 (0)
6 (10.7)
Alternative treatment
Yes
28 (26.4)
13 (26)
15 (26.8)
Medication: blood pressure
Yes
30 (28.3)
11 (22)
19 (33.9)
BDI
Preintervention
19.58 (5.99)
20.14 (6.32)
19.07 (5.69)
Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation. value significant ( = 0.018 and = 0.028, resp.).
