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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Factors associated with general practitioners’ awareness of depression in primary care patients with heart failure: baseline-results from the observational RECODE-HF study

 

Patients screened positive for depressive symptomatology

Patients screened negative for depressive symptomatology

GP aware of depressive symptoms

GP not aware of depressive symptoms

Total

GP stated no depressive symptoms

GP stated depressive symptoms

Total

P (+/+)

P (+/−)

P (+)

P (−/−)

P (−/+)

P (−)

Total, N (%)

201 (100%)

373 (100%)

574(100%)

2229 (100%)

421 (100%)

2650 (100%)

Age, mean (SD)

71.9 (11.7)

73.3 (11.4)

72.8 (11.5)

74.4 (9.9)

73.4 (9.5)

74.2 (9.9)

Male gender, N (%)

88 (43.8%)

190 (50.9%)

278 (48.4%)

1272 (57.1%)

178 (42.3%)

1450 (54.7%)

NYHA classification, N (%)

      

   Class I

30 (14.9%)

60 (16.1%)

90 (15.7%)

576 (25.8%)

104 (24.7%)

680 (25.7%)

   Class II

80 (39.8%)

180 (48.3%)

260 (45.3%)

1135 (50.9%)

200 (47.5%)

1335 (50.4%)

   Class III

74(36.8%)

110 (29.5%)

184 (32.1%)

440 (19.7%)

97 (23.0%)

537 (20.3%)

   Class IV

12 (6.0%)

20 (5.4%)

32 (5.6%)

38 (1.7%)

15 (3.6%)

53 (2.0%)

GP judgement: depressive symptomatology (apparent depression or depressive symptoms), N (%)

201 (100%)

0 (0%)

201 (35.0%)

0 (0%)

421 (100%)

421 (15.9%)

GP judgement: No depressive symptoms

0 (0%)

373 (100%)

373 (65.0%)

2229 (100%)

0 (0%)

2229 (84.1%)

GP judgement: Depressive symptoms

69 (34.3%)

0 (0%)

69 (12.0%)

0 (0%)

195 (46.3%)

195 (7.4%)

GP judgement: Apparent depression

132 (65.7%)

0 (0%)

132 (23.0%)

0 (0%)

226 (53.7%)

226 (8.5%)

GP judgement: History of depression

106 (52.7%)

58 (15.5%)

164 (28.6%)

191 (8.6%)

227 (53.9%)

418 (15.8%)

PHQ-9 Score, mean (SD)

14.3 (4.4)

13.0 (3.5)

13.4 (3.9)

4.0 (3.1)

5.6 (3.4)

4.3 (3.2)

Taking any prescription antidepressant

61 (30.3%)

46 (12.3%)

107 (18.6%)

83 (3.7%)

116 (27.6%)

199 (7.5%)