Personal and clinical characteristics of included patients. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
    Characteristic
    King et al4
    Harvey et al6
    Simpson et al7
    Friedli et al5
    Mean (SD) age
    38.1 (11.9)
    39.20 (13.2)
    43.3 (13.3)
    39.0 (13.2)
    Female
    103 (77)
    120 (74)
    145 (80)
    110 (81)
    Marital status:        
    Single
    32 (24)
    38 (24)
    19 (11)
    53 (39)
    Married or cohabiting
    76 (57)
    78 (50)
    118 (65)
    46 (34)
    Other
    26 (19)
    41 (26)
    44 (24)
    37 (27)
    Employment status:        
    Non-manual occupation
    61 (46)
    54 (36)
    63 (35)
    54 (40)
    Manual occupation
    25 (19)
    18 (12)
    36 (20)
    13 (10)
    Not employed in paid work
    48 (36)
    80 (53)
    82 (45)
    69 (51)
    Beck depression inventory score at entry:        
    General practitioner care
    26.5
    Not applicable
    19.9
    21.8
    Counsellor
    25.4
    		  
    21.5
    19.3

 
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