Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic clinical characteristics*
Characteristic | Intervention Group (N= 1,904) | Control Group (N= 1,901) | Total (N= 3,805) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age | 45 | 11.0 | 46 | 10.7 | 45 | 10.9 |
Weekly working hours | 33 | 16.0 | 34 | 15.9 | 33 | 15.9 |
N | %a | N | %a | N | %a | |
Female | 1496 | 79.2% | 1491 | 78.8% | 2987 | 79.0% |
Nationality | ||||||
German | 1819 | 97.0% | 1823 | 97.1% | 3642 | 97.0% |
Other | 57 | 3.0% | 55 | 2.9% | 112 | 3.0% |
Highest academic qualificationb | ||||||
Lower secondary | 237 | 12.6% | 213 | 11.4% | 450 | 11.8% |
Middle secondary | 748 | 39.9% | 759 | 41.6% | 1507 | 40.2% |
Higher secondary | 547 | 29.2% | 549 | 28.9% | 1096 | 29.2% |
University degree | 335 | 17.9% | 328 | 17.6% | 663 | 18.4% |
None of them, haven't got a graduation (yet) | 4 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.1% |
No graduation/ leaving certificate | 4 | 0.2% | 8 | 0.4% | 12 | 0.3% |
Vocational education (multiple responses possible) | ||||||
Apprenticeship | 1136 | 44.7% | 1125 | 44.4% | 2261 | 44.6% |
Vocational school | 382 | 15.0% | 376 | 14.9% | 758 | 15.0% |
Technical college | 307 | 12.1% | 291 | 11.5% | 598 | 11.8% |
University | 425 | 16.7% | 419 | 16.6% | 844 | 16.6% |
No degree | 95 | 3.7% | 110 | 4.3% | 205 | 4.0% |
Other degree | 194 | 7.6% | 210 | 8.3% | 404 | 8.0% |
Working status | ||||||
Self-employed | 76 | 4.1% | 91 | 4.9% | 167 | 4.5% |
Employee (part-time) | 494 | 26.6% | 513 | 27.6% | 1007 | 27.1% |
Employee (full-time) | 698 | 37.6% | 715 | 38.4% | 1413 | 38.0% |
Seeking work | 235 | 12.7% | 207 | 11.1% | 442 | 11.9% |
Student | 111 | 6.0% | 95 | 5.1% | 206 | 5.5% |
Pensioner | 211 | 11.4% | 205 | 11.0% | 416 | 11.2% |
Temporary employee | 30 | 1.6% | 34 | 1.8% | 64 | 1.7% |
Currently in treatment for depression | 1036 | 55.2% | 983 | 52.3% | 2019 | 53.8% |
Outpatient psychotherapy | ||||||
Currently | 521 | 32.5% | 495 | 31.1% | 1016 | 31.8% |
Recently | 413 | 25.8% | 455 | 28.6% | 868 | 27.2% |
Some time ago | 667 | 41.7% | 643 | 40.4% | 1310 | 41.0% |
Day-clinic treatment | ||||||
Currently | 25 | 10.3% | 18 | 7.4% | 43 | 8.8% |
Recently | 56 | 23.0% | 58 | 23.9% | 114 | 23.5% |
Some time ago | 162 | 66.7% | 167 | 68.7% | 329 | 67.7% |
Drug therapie | ||||||
Currently | 871 | 53.8% | 842 | 52.7% | 1713 | 53.2% |
Recently | 338 | 20.9% | 378 | 23.6% | 716 | 22.3% |
Some time ago | 409 | 25.3% | 379 | 23.7% | 788 | 24.5% |
In-patient stay in a psychiatric or psychosomatic clinic | ||||||
Currently | 36 | 4.9% | 29 | 4.0% | 65 | 4.5% |
Recently | 190 | 26.0% | 190 | 26.3% | 380 | 26.2% |
Some time ago | 504 | 69.0% | 504 | 69.7% | 1008 | 69.4% |