Table 1 Demographic and clinical features in the intervention and control groups

Age (year)

35.60 ± 5.19

32.33 ± 9.01

0.09

Gender (female)

14 (16)

20 (10)

0.11

Marital status

 Single

20 (58.8%)

14 (41.2%)

0.16

 Married

4 (28.6%)

10 (71.4%)

 Widowed

6 (50%)

6 (50%)

Education

 Illiterate

18 (56.3%)

14 (43.8%)

0.57

 Middle-school and

8 (44.4%)

10 (55.6%)

 lower than the diploma

Academic

4 (40%)

6 (60%)

 Duration of depression episode (weeks)

25.53 ± 15.99

23.13 ± 16.28

0.07

Drugs used

 Citalopram

10 (50%)

10 (50%)

0.63

 Sertraline

14 (58.3%)

10 (41.7%)

 Venlafaxine

2 (33.3%)

4 (66.7%)

 Fluoxetine

4 (40%)

6 (60%)