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Table 2 Patients' characteristics (N = 724)

From: General practitioners' self-perceived ability to recognize severity of common mental disorders: an underestimated factor in case identification?

Variables

 

Age, mean (SD)

47 (17.9)

Number of visits at GPs' last year (SD)

5.7 (18.2)

 

N (%)

Gender

 

   Female

458 (63)

   Male

266 (37)

Civil status

 

   Married/paired relationship

485 (67)

   Living alone

239 (33)

On sick leave:

 

   Yes

138 (19)

   No

586 (81)

Reason for visit*

 

   Mental; yes

109 (15)

No

615 (85)

   Somatic; yes

363 (50)

no

361 (50)

   Prescription/other; yes

276 (38)

No

448 (62)

  1. * Several alternatives possible