Table 1 Sociodemographic and psychiatric characteristics of the ROM reference (n=1294) and patient (n=5269) groups
| Â | ROM reference group | ROM patient group |
|---|---|---|
Gender (%) | Â | Â |
 Male | 481 (37.2) | 1864 (35.4) |
 Female | 813 (62.8) | 3405 (64.6) |
Age (mean, SD) in years | 40.3 (12.6) | 37.7 (12.0) |
 Male | 41.3 (12.6) | 39.1 (11.9) |
 Female | 39.8 (12.6) | 36.9 (12.0) |
Marital status (%) | Â | Â |
 Married/cohabitating | 890 (68.8) | 25.19 (47.8)* |
 Divorced/separated/widow | 77 (6.0) | 688 (13.1)* |
 Single | 327 (25.2) | 1730 (32.8)* |
Housing situation (%) | Â | Â |
 Living alone | 201 (15.5) | 1128 (21.4)* |
 Living with partner | 903 (69.8) | 2568 (48.7)* |
 Living with family | 190 (14.7) | 1241 (23.6)* |
Educational status (%) | Â | Â |
 Lower | 295 (22.8) | 2112 (40.1)* |
 Higher | 999 (77.2) | 2824 (53.6)* |
Employment status (%) | Â | Â |
 Employed part-time | 512 (39.6) | 1141 (21.7)* |
 Employed full-time | 552 (42.7) | 1105 (21.0)* |
 Unemployed/retired | 194 (15.0) | 1337 (25.4)* |
 Work-related disability (%) | 36 (2.7) | 1354 (25.7)* |
Ethnic background (%) | Â | Â |
 Dutch | 1163 (89.9) | 4335 (82.3) |
 Other ethnicity | 131 (10.1) | 934 (17.7) |
MINI diagnoses (%) | Â | Â |
 Currently None | 1153 (89.1) | 0** |
 Anxiety disorder | 53 (4.1) | 1449 (27.5) |
 Mood disorder | 7 (0.5) | 1573 (29.9) |
 Somatoform disorder | 41 (3.2) | 403 (7.6) |
 Anxiety & Mood disorders | 7 (0.5) | 1257 (23.9) |
 Anxiety & Somatoform disorders | 9 (0.7) | 172 (3.3) |
 Mood & Somatoform disorders | 1 (0.1) | 228 (4.3) |
 Anxiety & Mood & Somatoform | 2 (0.2) | 187 (3.5) |
 Total Anxiety disorder | 71 (5.5) | 3065 (58.2) |
 Total Mood disorder | 17 (1.3) | 3245 (61.6) |
 Total Somatoform disorder | 53 (4.1) | 990 (18.8) |