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Table 1 Attrition at 2-year follow-up according to depression status at baseline (n = 510)

From: The two-year course of late-life depression; results from the Netherlands study of depression in older persons

 

Patient group (n = 378)

Control group (n = 132)

 

N (%)

N (%)

Respondents at 2-y follow-up

285 (75.4)

116 (87.9)

Non-respondents at 2-y follow-up

93 (24.6)

16 (12.1)

Reasons of attrition

  

Deceased

26 (28.0)

2 (12.5)

Refusal

  

 No interest/no time

14 (15.0)

8 (50.0)

 Bad experience with previous interview

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

Unable

  

 Due to physical reasons

12 (12.9)

2 (12.5)

 Due to mental reasons

35 (37.6)

4 (25.0)

Noncontact

  

 No contact

4 (4.3)

0 (0)

 Moved abroad

1 (1.1)

0 (0)