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Table 1 Patient characteristics (N = 917)

From: Patients presenting with somatic complaints in general practice: depression, anxiety and somatoform disorders are frequent and associated with psychosocial stressors

Characteristics

All patients

N = 917

Depression

N = 183

Anxiety

N = 142

Somatoform disorders

N = 138

Gender

    

   Female

581

121 (20.8%)

102 (17.6%)

116 (20.0%)

   Male

336

62 (18.4%)

40 (11.9%)

22 (6.5%)

Age

    

   < 30

94

27 (28.7%)

23 (24.5%)

19 (20.2%)

   30-49

279

69 (24.7%)

57 (20.4%)

57 (20.4%)

   50-69

341

60 (17.6%)

46 (13.5%)

36 (10.6%)

   > = 70

203

27 (13.3%)

16 (7.9%)

26 (12.8%)

Nationality

    

   Swiss

716

130 (18.2%)

102 (14.2%)

94 (13.1%)

   Other

189

53 (28.0%)

40 (21.2%)

42 (22.2%)

Education

    

   High

171

28 (16.4%)

22 (12.9%)

14 (8.2%)

   Lower

716

151 (21.1%)

116 (16.2%)

117 (16.3%)

Duration of the index consultation

    

   Mean (SD) in minutes

27.4 (10.4)

30.3 (11.3)

30.7 (12.0)

29.2 (11.0)

Number of medical consultations during the previous 3 months

    

   Mean (SD)

2.1 (2.2)

3.0 (2.9)

2.8 (2.2)

2.7 (2.2)