Factors Associated with Psychiatric Comorbidity in Depression Patients in Primary Health Care in Chile

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of sample in 394 primary care patients with depression, Maule region, Chile, 2014.

Sociodemographic Characteristics
	Mean	Standard deviation
Age	47,5 years	15,1
Sex	N
Women	344	86,8
Scholarship	N
Less than high school	156	39.6
High school/partial high school	164	41.6
College/partial college	74	18.8
Other Features	N	%
Lives with partner	179	45.4
Lives alone	48	12
Employed with incomes	52	13.2
Clinical Characteristics Of Depression
	Mean	Standard deviation
Age at the first episode (years)	30.7	17.2
Number of depressive episodes	3.64	4.2
Duration of the longest episode (years)	3.58	7.2
Depressive symptoms at baseline HDRS (points)	20	4.6
	N
History of suicide attempt	138	35
History of previous depression treatment	177	44.9
Comorbidities
Biomedical	N
0	177	45
1	84	21.4
3	74	18,9
More than 3	59	15
Psychiatric	N
0	43	10,9
1	81	20.6
2	80	20.3
3	77	19.5
More than 3	113	28.6
Adverse Biographical Events
Stressful life events during previous six months	N
0	30	7.6
1	83	21.1
2	87	22.1
3	64	16.2
More than 3	136	34.6
Intimate partner violence events (entire life)	N
0	165	41.9
1	25	6.4
2	18	4.7
3 or more	186	47.2
Childhood trauma events	N
0	71	18
1	67	17
2	66	16.7
3	67	17
4 or more	123	31.2