| DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS | ||
| Age | Mean | SD |
| 47.5 years | 15.1 | |
| Sex | N | % |
| Women | 344 | 86.8 |
| Scholarship | N | % |
| Without scholarship | 5 | 1.5 |
| Elementary not completed | 98 | 24.8 |
| Elementary completed | 53 | 13.4 |
| Middle not completed | 54 | 13.7 |
| Middle completed | 110 | 27.9 |
| High School not completed | 30 | 7.8 |
| High School completed | 44 | 11.1 |
| PSYCHOSOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS | N | % |
| Lives with partner | 179 | 45.4 |
| Lives alone | 48 | 12 |
| Incomes through gainfulemployement | 52 | 13.2 |
| CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DEPRESSION | ||
| – | Mean | DS |
| Age of the first episode (years) | 30.7 | 17.2 |
| Number of depressive episodes | 3.64 | 4.2 |
| Duration of the longest episode (years) | 3.58 | 7.22 |
| Depressive symptoms at baseline HDRS (points) | 20 | 4.6 |
| – | N | % |
| History of suicide attempt | 138 | 35 |
| History of previous depression treatment | 177 | 44.9 |
| COMORBIDITIES | ||
| Biomedical | N | % |
| 0 | 177 | 45 |
| 1 | 84 | 21.4 |
| 3 | 74 | 18,9 |
| More than 3 | 59 | 15 |
| Psychiatric | N | % |
| 0 | 43 | 10,9 |
| 1 | 81 | 20.6 |
| 2 | 80 | 20.3 |
| 3 | 77 | 19.5 |
| More than 3 | 113 | 28.6 |
| BIOGRAPHICAL STRESSFUL EVENTS | ||
| Life experiences during previous six months | N | % |
| 0 | 30 | 7.6 |
| 1 | 83 | 21.1 |
| 2 | 87 | 22.1 |
| 3 | 64 | 16.2 |
| More than 3 | 136 | 34.6 |
| Intimate partner violence events (entire life) | N | % |
| 0 | 165 | 41.9 |
| 1 | 25 | 6.4% |
| 2 | 18 | 4.7% |
| 3 or more | 186 | 47.2% |
| Childhood trauma events | N | % |
| 0 | 71 | 18 |
| 1 | 67 | 17 |
| 2 | 66 | 16.7 |
| 3 | 67 | 17 |
| 4 or more | 123 | 31.2 |