Depression in primary care and the role of evidence-based guidelines: cross-sectional data from primary care physicians in Germany

Table 1 Main characteristics of PCPs and their depressed patients

	n*	%	M	SD	range
PCPs
Age	74		53.7	9.0	33–80
gender (female)	45	60.8
Years of experience as PCP (years)	74		16.5	10.5	1–44
Training in psychotherapy	4	5.4
Single handed practice	52	70.3
Patients with depression
NumPwD	68		115.2	136.3	5–800
Age of PwD	68
20–30 years	1	1.5
31–40 years	5	7.4
41–50 years	21	30.9
51–64 years	23	33.8
65 or more years	18	26.5
Most frequent depression type	68
mild depression	24	35.3
moderate depression	43	63.2
severe depression	1	1.5
PwD in specialist treatment	65	42.7
Frequency of PCPs visits during three months	57		4.6	3.4	1–20

Note: N = 75, * = Number of PCPs varies due to missing data; N PCP = Primary care physicians, M = Mean, SD = Standard deviation, NumPwD = total number of patients with depression seen during the last three months. PwD = Patients with depression

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