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Table 2 Psychiatric history and comorbidities/functional syndromes

From: Factors Influencing Depression Endpoints Research (FINDER): baseline results of Italian patients with depression

Parameter

Value

Psychiatric history at enrolment, mean ± SD (range):

 

Duration of depression, years

10.6 ± 6.0 (0 to 63)

Age at first major depressive episode, years

38.7 ± 15.9 (14 to 82)

Duration of the current major depressive episode, weeks

12.8 ± 14.5 (1 to 100)

No. of previous depressive episodes in the last 24 months

1.9 ± 1.1 (1 to 10)

Duration of the last major depressive episode*, weeks

14.3 ± 11.5 (1 to 60)

N (%) of patients with other psychiatric comorbidities in the last 24 months:

 

Anxiety/panic disorders

371 (72.6)

Obsessive-compulsive disorders

68 (13.4)

Bipolar disorders

20 (3.9)

Schizophrenia

4 (0.8)

Drug/alcohol dependence disorders

27 (5.3)

Any of these psychiatric disorders

394 (77.3)

N (%) of patients with functional syndromes at enrolment:

 

Irritable bowel syndrome

84 (16.6)

Chronic fatigue syndrome

86 (17.1)

Atypical chest pain

57 (11.2)

Irritable bladder

46 (9.1)

Fibromyalgia

50 (9.9)

Chronic pelvic pain

22 (4.3)

Any of these functional syndromes

182 (35.9)

Pain summary at enrolment, N (%) of patients:

 

No/mild pain

167 (34.9)

Significant pain with medical disorder known to cause pain

97 (20.3)

Significant pain with medical disorder not associated with pain or without comorbidity

215 (44.9)

  1. *In patients with one or more previous episode.
  2. SD, standard deviation.