Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients treated by German practice-based Specialists for Psychosomatic Medicine; total sample (n = 342), comparison of patients with one year (n = 271) versus those with two years of treatment (n = 71)

Gender

 Male

125

36.5

104

38.4

21

29.6

 Female

217

63.5

167

61.6

50

70.4

Age in years

 Mean (SD)

 Range

Age groups

 up to 30 years

36

10.5

28

10.3

8

11.3

 30–39 years

77

22.5

57

21.0

20

28.2

 40–49 years

92

26.9

74

27.3

18

25.4

 50–59 years

99

28.9

80

29.5

19

26.8

 60+ years

38

11.1

32

11.8

6

8.5

Education^a

 Year 9 or less

37

10.8

30

11.2

7

9.9

 Year 9 w/ prof. training

48

14.0

37

13.8

11

15.5

 Year 10 w/ prof. training

98

28.7

80

29.7

18

25.4

 Year 13, w/ or w/out prof. training

84

24.6

64

23.8

20

28.2

 Year 13, w/ university

73

21.3

58

21.6

15

21.1

Employment status

 Full-time

142

41.5

112

41.3

30

42.3

 Part-time

61

17.8

52

19.2

9

12.7

 Unemployed

48

14.0

35

12.9

13

18.3

 Other

91

26.6

72

26.6

19

26.8

Relationship status

 No partner

134

39.2

105

38.7

29

40.8

 Married

115

33.6

92

33.9

23

32.4

 Partner, not married

93

27.2

74

27.3

19

26.8