Treatment received and treatment adequacy of depressive disorders among young adults in Finland

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Socio-demographic and disorder specific factors and comorbid psychiatric disorders of participants

		All		Men		Women
		100.0%	N = 142	31.7%	N = 45	68.3%	N = 97
Variable	Category	%	N	%	N	%	N	p ^b
Age	<25 years	21.8	31	20.0	9	22.7	22
	25-29 years	37.3	53	40.0	18	36.1	35
	≥30 years	40.9	58	40.0	18	41.2	40	0.8873
Basic education	Less than high school	50.7	69	64.1	25	45.4	44
	High school	49.3	67	35.9	14	54.6	53	0.0480
Married or cohabiting	Yes	50.4	69	42.5	17	53.6	52
	No	49.6	68	57.5	23	46.4	45	0.2371
Current employment	Employed	58.4	80	70.0	28	53.6	52
	Student	21.2	29	15.0	6	23.7	23
	Unemployed	7.3	10	15.0	6	4.1	4
	Other ^a	13.1	18	0.0	0	18.6	18	0.0025
Major depressive disorder ^d	Yes	78.2	111	80.0	36	77.3	75
	No ^e	21.8	31	20.0	9	22.7	22	0.7190
Suicide attempts	Yes	12.0	17	15.6	7	10.3	10
	No	88.0	125	84.4	38	89.7	87	0.3703
Duration of depression > 1 year	Yes	33.9	41	29.4	10	35.6	31
	No	66.1	80	70.6	24	64.4	56	0.5158
Comorbid anxiety disorder ^d	Yes	32.4	46	31.1	14	33.0	32
	No	67.6	96	68.9	31	67.0	65	0.8239
Comorbid substance use disorder ^d	Yes	19.0	27	42.2	19	8.3	8
	No	81.0	115	57.8	26	91.8	89	<0.0001
Comorbid eating disorder ^d	Yes	8.5	12	0.0	0	12.4	12
	No	91.6	130	100.0	45	87.6	85	0.0099 ^c

^aOf the other group, 5.6% (1) were on disability pension and 94,4% (17) at home taking care of household and family members.
^bThe p-values indicate a significance of the difference between genders in the distribution of each catergory tested by χ2- or Fisher’s exact test. P-values < 0.05 in boldface.
^cFisher’s exact test was used in the analysis.
^dDiagnosis is a lifetime diagnosis.
^eDysthymia or depressive disorder NOS.

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