Research Article

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

Table 3

Correlations between psychiatric and medical comorbidities with other variables of the study in 394 primary care patients with depression, Maule region, Chile, 2014.

 Psychiatric comorbiditiesBiomedical comorbidities
RpRp

Age at time of first consultation for depression-0.170.010.590.01

Age at time of the first depressive episode-0.320.010.360.01

Number of previous depressive episodes0.340.010.120.01

Duration of the longest depressive episode0.120.050.1NS

Number of biomedical comorbidities-0.140.051-

Number of psychiatric comorbidities1--0.140.01

Number of childhood trauma events0.230.01-0.03NS

Number of intimate partner violence events0.220.010.07NS

Number of stressful life events during the last 6 months0.190.01-0.120.05

Severity of depressive symptoms0.360.01-0.02NS

NS: no significant value.