Table 1 Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological characteristics of the total sample at baseline (n = 1816)
| Â | Baseline | 3-yr follow-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | M / n | SD / % | M / n | SD / % |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
 Age | 48.3 | 13.1 |  |  |
 Female gender, n (%) | 1198 | 66.0 |  |  |
 Years of education | 13.0 | 3.3 |  |  |
Clinical characteristics | ||||
 IDS | 14.8 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 11.4 |
 BAI | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
 FQ | 16.9 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 16.8 |
 Current depression (CIDI), n (%) | 260 | 14.3 | 255 | 14.0 |
 Current SAD (CIDI), n (%) | 149 | 8.2 | 155 | 8.5 |
Psychological characteristic | ||||
 SRH | 5.0 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
 ‘completely happy’ to ‘quite happy’ (5–7) | 1373 | 75.6 | 1412 | 77.8 |
 ‘neither happy, nor unhappy’ (4) | 301 | 16.6 | 258 | 14.2 |
 ‘quite unhappy’ to ‘very unhappy’ (1–3) | 142 | 7.8 | 146 | 8.0 |