Survey participant demographic characteristics and experience with depression
| Characteristic/experience | No. (%) of respondents n = 445 |
|---|---|
| Type of participant | |
| Person with depression | 283 (63.6) |
| Family member or caregiver of person with depression | 74 (16.6) |
| Health care professional caring for people with depression | 28 (6.3) |
| Counsellor | 3 (10.7) |
| Nurse | 7 (25.0) |
| Psychiatrist | 1 (3.6) |
| Psychologist | 4 (14.3) |
| Social group worker | 1 (3.6) |
| Other | 12 (42.8) |
| Clinician treating depression | 14 (3.1) |
| Other* | 46 (10.3) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 88 (19.8) |
| Female | 354 (79.6) |
| Did not report | 3 (0.7) |
| Age group, yr | |
| 18–29 | 76 (17.1) |
| 30–39 | 108 (24.3) |
| 40–49 | 116 (26.1) |
| 50–59 | 95 (21.3) |
| 60–69 | 40 (9.0) |
| 70–79 | 8 (1.8) |
| ≥ 80 | 2 (0.4) |
| Primary place of residence | |
| Edmonton | 144 (32.4) |
| Calgary | 141 (31.7) |
| Elsewhere | 160 (36.0) |
| Immigrant status (between 2011 and 2016) | 10 (2.2) |
| Ethnic origin† | |
| Canadian | 287 (64.5) |
| European | 150 (33.7) |
| East European | 29 (6.5) |
| Métis | 25 (5.6) |
| North American | 16 (3.6) |
| First Nation | 13 (2.9) |
| Asian | 11 (2.5) |
| South American | 6 (1.3) |
| African | 5 (1.1) |
| Middle Eastern | 5 (1.1) |
| Central American | 3 (0.7) |
| Inuit | 2 (0.4) |
| Other | 6 (1.3) |
| Prefer not to say | 5 (1.1) |
| Experience with depression (n = 420) | |
| Lifetime | 119 (28.3) |
| > 5 yr | 159 (37.8) |
| 3–5 yr | 39 (9.3) |
| 1–2 yr | 28 (6.7) |
| < 1 yr | 12 (2.8) |
| New diagnosis of depression | 4 (1.0) |
| Other | 15 (3.6) |
| Recovered from depression | 44 (10.5) |
| No. of months in year with depression experience (n = 352) | |
| 10–12 | 164 (46.6) |
| 7–9 | 32 (9.1) |
| 4–6 | 62 (17.6) |
| ≤ 3 | 94 (26.7) |
↵* Nurse educator, certified diabetes educator, bail supervisor, clinical exercise physiologist, clinical scientist, dietitian, holistic nutritionist, counsellor (intern), life coach, massage therapist, medical laboratory technologist, neurologist, paramedic, occupational therapist, registered acupuncturist, senior quality improvement consultant.
↵† Some participants self-identified in more than 1 group.