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Table 2 Summary of demographics and clinical characteristics at baseline by group

From: Combining emotion regulation and mindfulness skills for preventing depression relapse: a randomized-controlled study

 

ER + M

(n = 37)

PE

(n = 38)

X 2/ F

t/U

p

M

SD

M

SD

Gender (% females)

75.7

 

81.6

 

.38

 

.53

Marital Status (% of married)

58.3

 

73.3

 

2.98

 

.40

Years of education

11.75

5.40

11.35

4.88

 

.33

.38

Age

51.35

10.73

53.82

10.87

 

−.98

.33

Number of PDE

2.81

2.51

2.18

.51

 

626.00

.20

Partial remission (%)

40.5

 

31.6

 

.65

 

.42

Total remission (%)

59.5

 

68.4

    

Pharmacological treatment (%)

 Antidepressants

91.9

 

97.4

 

.35

  

  SSRI (%)

62.2

 

57.9

 

.14

 

.71

  TCAs (%)

35.1

 

34.2

 

.01

 

.93

  Dual-Action Antidepressants

5.4

 

5.3

 

1.00

  

  Other Antidepressants

13.5

 

21.1

 

.54

  

 Mood Stabilizers

18.9

 

23.7

 

.25

 

.61

 Antipsychotics

8.1

 

13.2

 

.71

  

 Benzodiazepines

29.7

 

36.8

 

2.21

 

.51

  1. ER + M Emotion Regulation plus Mindfulness, PE Psychoeducation, PDE Previous Depressive Episodes, SSRI Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, TCAs Tricyclic antidepressants