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Table 1 Characteristics of study population (n = 528)

From: Antidepressant utilization after hospitalization with depression: a comparison between non-Western immigrants and Danish-born residents

Population characteristics

Danish-born residents n = 396 (%)

Non-Western immigrants n = 132 (%)

P1

Sex

Female

232 (58.6%)

78 (59.1%)

0.92

Age at index admission (years)

18-29

98 (24.8%)

17 (12.9%)

0.10

30-39

158 (39.9%)

65 (49.2%)

40-49

87 (22.0%)

33 (25.0%)

50-59

26 (6.6%)

11 (8.3%)

60-86

27 (6.8%)

61 (4.6%)

Annual income 2

<13,405 EUR

52 (13.1%)

31 (23.5%)

<0.0001

13,405-26,809 EUR

182 (46.0%)

76 (57.6%)

26,810-40,214 EUR

120 (30.3%)

21 (15.9%)

≥40,215 EUR

42 (10.6%)

4(3.0%)

Severity of depression at admission

Moderate

185 (46.7%)

51 (38.6%)

0.27

Severe

179 (45.2%)

69 (52.3%)

Other type/unspecified

32 (8.1%)

12 (9.1%)

Type of outpatient care referred to after discharge

General practitioner

142 (35.9%)

54 (40.9%)

0.46

Specialized treatment

240 (60.6%)

75 (56.8%)

No medical follow-up/Other/unknown

14 (3.5%)

3 (2.3%)

Post-discharge AD treatment

No treatment initiation within 30 days

104 (26.3%)

46 (34.8%)

0.07

Early discontinuation (minimum refill, n = 312)

28 (11.6%)

13 (18.3%)

0.16

Type of AD on first prescription after discharge

TCA3

43 (14.7%)

12 (14.0%)

1.00

Newer ADs4

249 (85.3%)

74 (86.1%)

 
  1. AD Antidepressant, EUR Euro, TCA Tricyclic antidepressant.
  2. 1Two-sided Fisher’s exact test (two-sided gamma-test for ordinal variables).
  3. 2100 EUR = 746 Danish Krone (DKK) (November 2012).
  4. 3ATC codes: N06AA04, N06AA09-10, N06AA12, N06AA16.
  5. 4ATC codes: N06AB03, N06AB04-10, N06AX03, N06AX11, N06AX16, N06AX21.