A qualitative study on older primary care patients’ perspectives on depression and its treatments - potential barriers to and opportunities for managing depression

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

ID	Gender	Age	Marital status	Living situation	Education level (CASMIN)^a	GDS Score^b	Personal experiences with depression
Patient A	female	75–80	divorced	alone	Intermediate vocational qualification	7	Yes
Patient B	male	>80	widowed	alone	Higher tertiary education	9	No^c
Patient C	male	>80	married	with partner	Basic vocational qualification	11	Yes
Patient D	female	>80	widowed	alone	General elementary education	6	Yes
Patient E	male	>80	married	with partner	General maturity certificate	10	No^c
Patient F	female	>80	widowed	alone	General maturity certificate	8	No^c
Patient G	male	>80	married	with partner	Vocational maturity certificate	7	Yes
Patient H	female	75–80	married	with partner	Higher tertiary education	10	Yes
Patient I	female	75–80	married	with partner	Basic vocational qualification	9	Yes
Patient J	female	>80	widowed	alone	Basic vocational qualification	6	Yes
Patient K	male	75–80	married	with partner	Lower tertiary education	12	Yes
Patient L	female	75–80	widowed	alone	Basic vocational qualification	7	Yes

^aClassification according to the CASMIN Educational Classification [53]
^bThe GDS-Score was documented <1–9 months before the qualitative interview (median 2.0)
^cThree patients said during their interview that they have had no personal experiences with depression so far. Despite a GDS score ≥ 6, they did not identify themselves as suffering from depression

ISSN: 2731-4553