Patients’ and practice nurses’ perceptions of depression in patients with type 2 diabetes and/or coronary heart disease screened for subthreshold depression

Table 1 Patient (n = 15) and practice nurse (n = 9) characteristics at inclusion Step-Dep study

Patients
Gender (n)	Female	8
Gender (n)	Male	7
Age	Range	48–84
Age	Mean	62
Chronic disease (n)	DM2	9
	CHD	10
	DM2 and CHD	4
Number of long-term conditions	Range	1–9
Number of long-term conditions	Mean	3
Level of education (n)	Low	4
	Average	5
	High	6
History of depression (n)	Yes	11
History of depression (n)	No	4
Self-reported depression (n)	Yes	5
Self-reported depression (n)	No	10
Depression severity PHQ-9 at inclusion	Range	7–16
Depression severity PHQ-9 at inclusion	Mean	10,9
Anxiety HADS-A	Range	2–15
Anxiety HADS-A	Mean	8
Quality of life EQ5D	Range	0,39-0,92
Quality of life EQ5D	Mean	0,72
Social support	Range	34–55
Social support	Mean	45
Locus of control	Range	5–21
Locus of control	Mean	14
Practice nurses
Gender (n)	female	7
Type (n)	Psychological practice nurse	6
Type (n)	Somatic practice nurse	3
Number of patients treated during Step-Dep	Range	3–24
Number of patients treated during Step-Dep	Mean	11
Years of relevant professional experience as health-care provider	Range	3–30
	Mean	16,3

Abbreviations: CHD = Coronary Heart Disease, DM2 = Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, PHQ-9 = Patients Health Questionnaire 9 score (range 0–27, higher scores indicating more severe depression), HADS-A = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (range 0–21, with higher scores indicating more severe anxiety), EQ5D = EuroQol-5D (range 0–1, with higher scores indicating higher quality of life), social support (range 0–48, higher scores indicating more perceived social support), locus of control (range 0–20, higher scores indicating a more external locus of control)

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