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Table 3 Sociodemographic factors, treatments received and dropouts during the most recent depressive episode i

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

    

Pharmacotherapy

Visits with a physician/a year

Guideline-concordant pharmacotherapy c

Sessions of psychotherapy/a year

Minimally adequate treatment e

Treatment dropout f

Any a

≥2 months

Any b

≥4 times

 

Any d

≥8 times

  

Variable

Category

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

All

  

142

43.7

62

31.6

43

67.2

92

28.5

39

17.6

25

59.6

84

33.3

47

40.9

58

15.7

18

Gender

Male

 

45

46.7

21

38.1

16

59.1

26

29.6

13

20.0

9

53.3

24

20.0

9

35.6

16

22.9

8

 

Female

 

97

42.3

41

28.7

27

71.0

66

28.0

26

16.5

16

62.5

60

39.6

38

43.3

42

12.5

10

  

p g

 

0.6229

 

0.2775

 

0.1670

 

0.8474

 

0.6099

 

0.3012

 

0.0215

 

0.3824

 

0.1596

 

Agegroup

<25 years

 

31

64.5

20

46.7

14

80.7

25

38.7

12

35.5

11

71.0

22

54.8

17

61.3

19

15.4

4

 

25-29 years

 

53

28.3

15

19.2

10

52.9

27

27.5

14

13.2

7

54.7

29

26.4

14

32.1

17

14.0

6

 

≥30 years

 

58

46.6

27

35.2

19

72.7

40

23.6

13

12.1

7

57.9

33

28.1

16

37.9

22

17.4

8

  

p g

 

0.0046

 

0.0280

 

0.0183

 

0.3241

 

0.0125

 

0.3235

 

0.0157

 

0.0266

 

0.9045

 

Basic

Less than high school

 

69

47.8

33

32.8

21

76.1

51

32.8

22

17.4

12

60.3

41

33.8

23

43.5

30

22.2

12

education

High school

 

67

35.8

24

27.3

18

56.9

37

20.0

13

14.9

10

56.7

38

32.8

22

35.8

24

3.6

2

  

p g

 

0.1560

 

0.4908

 

0.0193

 

0.0949

 

0.6962

 

0.6731

 

0.9031

 

0.3615

 

0.0033

 

Current

Employed

 

80

37.5

30

25.0

19

65.4

51

25.6

20

11.3

9

57.0

45

26.6

21

36.3

29

12.5

8

employment

Student

 

29

55.2

16

41.4

12

71.4

20

35.7

10

27.6

8

65.5

19

48.3

14

51.7

15

12.0

3

 

Unemployed

 

10

20.0

2

11.1

1

40.0

4

10.0

1

10.0

1

30.0

3

10.0

1

10.0

1

37.5

3

 

Other

 

18

50.0

9

41.2

7

76.5

13

23.5

4

22.2

4

66.7

12

50.0

9

50.0

9

0.0

0

  

p g

 

0.1580

 

0.1542

 

0.2374

 

0.4702h

 

0.1566h

 

0.2138

 

0.0260

 

0.0842

 

0.1131h

 

Married or

No

 

68

39.7

27

26.2

17

60.0

39

23.1

15

17.7

12

53.7

36

34.3

23

39.7

27

8.8

5

cohabiting

Yes

 

69

43.5

30

33.3

22

72.1

49

29.4

20

14.5

10

62.3

43

31.9

22

39.1

27

16.7

9

  

p g

 

0.6542

 

0.3689

 

0.1418

 

0.4069

 

0.6151

 

0.3102

 

0.7620

 

0.9451

 

0.2105

 
  1. aAntidepressant prescribed.
  2. bAt least 1 visit with a physician a year.
  3. cAntidepressant used for at least 2 months + 4 visits with a physician a year.
  4. dAt least 1 session of psychotherapy a year.
  5. eAntidepressant used for at least 2 months + at least 4 visits with a physician a year or at least 8 sessions of psychotherapy a year or a hospitalization for depressive symptoms lasting for at least 4 days.
  6. fA participant discontinued the visits despite adequate treatment plan.
  7. gThe p-values indicate a significance of the difference between categories in a distribution of treatments and dropout tested by χ2- or Fisher’s exact test. P-values < 0.05 in boldface.
  8. hFisher’s exact test was used in the analysis.
  9. iA bivariate analysis.
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