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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the pre- and post-implementation group

From: Implementing practice guidelines for anxiety disorders in secondary mental health care: a case study

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Pre-implementation group (Nā€‰=ā€‰150)

Post-implementation group (Nā€‰=ā€‰181)

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Age: mean (SD)

34.0

(11.0)

33.9

(11.0)

0.94

Gender (female): n (%)

93

(62.0)

111

(61.3)

0.90

Living alone: n (%)

32

(21.5)

25

(15.7)

0.19

Educational level; elementary school, at max: n (%)

29

(19.3)

22

(13.9)

0.20

Foreign origin: n (%)

44

(29.3)

40

(22.1)

0.13

Asylum seeker: n (%)

24

(16.0)

12

(6.6)

< 0.01

Panic disorder: n (%)

58

(38.7)

71

(39.2)

0.92

Social anxiety disorder: n (%)

25

(16.7)

29

(16.0)

0.87

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder: n (%)

23

(15.3)

14

(7.7)

0.03

Generalized Anxiety disorder: n (%)

11

(7.3)

17

(9.4)

0.50

PTSD: n (%)

30

(20.0)

39

(21.5)

0.73

Specific phobia: n (%)

3

(2.0)

6

(3.3)

0.52

Hypochondriasis: n (%)

0

(0.0)

5

(2.8)

0.07