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Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the sample, according to diagnosis

From: What influences psychological functioning in patients with mood disorders? The role of clinical, sociodemographic, and temperamental characteristics in a naturalistic study

 

Major depression (N = 69)

Bipolar disorder (93)

Age (M ± DS)

48.4 (14.7)

47.7 (13.5)

Gender, M, % (N)

33.3 (23)

52.7 (49)

Living situation, with partner yes % (N)

28.8 (39)

43.0 (40)

Years of education (M ± DS)

12.2 (3.8)

13.6 (3.5)

Employed, yes, % (N)

37.7 (26)

51.6 (48)

Duration of illness (M ± DS)

10.9 (12.5)

20.7 (13.2)****

Suicide attempts, yes, % (N)

13.2 (9)

26.9 (25)*

Seasonality, yes, % (N)

6.0 (4)

39.8 (37)****

Presence of psychotic symptoms during acute phases, yes, % (N)

3.8 (2)

43.0 (40)****

Aggressive behaviors, yes, % (N)

19.1 (13)

23.6 (21)

BIS-11, total score (M ± DS)

71.6 (12.1)

82.9 (16.0)****

BIS11, Attentional impulsiveness subscale (M ± DS)

17.6 (3.4)

20.3 (4.3)****

BIS11, Motor impulsiveness subscale (M ± DS)

32.4 (9.3)

25.9 (7.1)****

BIS11, Non-planning impulsiveness subscale (M ± DS)

28.1 (5.0)

30.1 (4.2)****

Depressive affective temperament (M ± DS)

22.5 (6.5)

22.1 (6.6)

Hyperthymic affective temperament (M ± DS)

18.2 (4.8)

19.9 (5.5)

Anxious affective temperament (M ± DS)

21.4 (7.9)

17.1 (6.2)****

Cyclothymic affective temperament (M ± DS)

23.2 (8.6)

22.6 (8.0)

Irritable affective temperament (M ± DS)

15.6 (6.4)

17.6 (8.1)

HAM-D, total score (M ± DS)

11.3 (5.7)

6.3 (11.5)***

YMRS, total score (M ± DS)

0.7 (1.3)

4.6 (8.2)****

MANSA, total score (M ± DS)

3.7 (1.1)

3.8 (1.0)

PSP Total score (M ± DS)

71.3 (17.2)

69.7 (20.9)

B-MCCB, symbol coding, M (SD)

35.7 (12.7)

41.0 (14.3)

B-MCCB, animal naming, M (SD)

19.4 (7.4)

18.9 (5.4)

B-MCCB trial making test A, M (SD)

49.5 (19.8)

46.1 (22.7)

  1. MANSA Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life, B-MCCB Brief MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, PSP: Personal and Social Performance Scale, BIS-11: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, HAM-D Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, YMRS Young Mania Rating Scale
  2. *p < .05
  3. **p < .01
  4. ***p < .001
  5. ****p < .0001