Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics comparison of depressed women with and without history of childhood sexual abuse (n = 160)

Age

38.71

5.85

37.02

6.58

0.63

0.5

− 3.63 to 7.01

Education (in years)

12.14

4.91

11.65

4.99

0.24

0.8

− 3.59 to 4.57

Duration of depression (in years)

12.86

4.25

9.19

3.86

2.29

0.02

0.45 to 6.88

Age of onset of depression (in years)

22.86

4.29

28.75

3.61

− 3.72

< 0.001

− 8.66 to − 2.59

Number of hospitalizations

9.14

2.61

6.44

2.10

3.04

0.004

0.91–4.48

BDI-II

31.57

3.82

21.16

5.85

4.52

< 0.001

5.78–15.03

BHS

12.56

2.44

9.21

2.83

2.96

0.005

1.07–5.64

Number of previous suicidal attempts

2.33

0.51

1.30

0.48

4.04

0.001

0.48–1.58

Employment status

 Employed

11

58

87

62

0.7

 Unemployed

8

42

54

38

0.10

Marital status

 Married

12

63

107

76

1.20

0.2

 Single

4

22

19

13

 Divorced

1

5

7

5

 Widowed

2

10

8

6

Family history of depression

7

37

42

30

0.39

0.5

Suicidal outcomes

 Suicidal ideas

8

42

12

8.5

17.28

0.001

 Previous suicide attempts

6

31.5

10

7

11.16

0.001