Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study sample
| Self-reported characteristic | Treatment group | Total (N = 302) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral activation (n = 101) | Cognitive therapy (n = 99) | Mindfulness meditation (n = 102) | ||
| Demographics | ||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 51.0 (12.2) | 46.9 (14.7) | 49.4 (14.7) | 49.1 (14.0) |
| Median (Min., Max.) | 51.0 (20.0, 76.0) | 46.0 (19.0, 89.0) | 50.0 (19.0, 81.0) | 48.5 (19.0, 89.0) |
| Gender identity, n (%) | ||||
| Woman | 78 (80.4) | 78 (78.8) | 76 (76.8) | 232 (78.6) |
| Man | 18 (18.6) | 18 (18.2) | 21 (21.2) | 57 (19.1) |
| Transgender | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.3) |
| Non-binary | 1 (1.0) | 2 (2.0) | 1 (1.0) | 4 (1.4) |
| Other/unspecified | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) |
| Self-identified Hispanic or Latin origin, n (%) yes | 11 (11.2) | 3 (3.0) | 12 (11.9) | 26 (8.7) |
| Self-identified race, n (%) | ||||
| White | 75 (77.3) | 83 (84.7) | 72 (72.7) | 230 (78.2) |
| Black/African American | 8 (8.2) | 4 (4.1) | 8 (8.1) | 20 (6.8) |
| Latinx | 8 (8.2) | 3 (3.1) | 8 (8.1) | 19 (6.5) |
| Othera | 6 (6.2) | 8 (8.2) | 11 (11.1) | 25 (8.5) |
| Education level, n (%) in category | ||||
| High school or less | 4 (4.1) | 9 (9.1) | 10 (9.9) | 23 (7.7) |
| Some college/technical | 23 (23.5) | 27 (27.3) | 24 (23.8) | 74 (24.8) |
| Associate/college degree or higher | 71 (72.4) | 63 (63.6) | 67 (66.3) | 201 (67.5) |
| Employment/disability status, n (%) | ||||
| Employed | 40 (41.2) | 32 (32.3) | 44 (43.6) | 116 (39.1) |
| On disability | 35 (36.1) | 38 (38.4) | 39 (38.6) | 112 (37.7) |
| Retired | 9 (9.3) | 13 (13.1) | 11 (10.9) | 33 (11.1) |
| Otherb | 13 (13.6) | 16 (16.1) | 7 (7.0) | 36 (12.1) |
| Married/living with significant other, n (%) | 54 (55.1) | 52 (52.5) | 55 (54.4) | 161 (54.0) |
aIncludes n = 16 Asian; n = 6 American Indian/Alaska Native; n = 3 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; also, some individuals are multiracial
bIncludes n = 10 students, n = 10 unemployed, n = 6 home makers, n = 3 temporarily laid off, n = 7 other
Missing values: 4 for age, 7 for gender identity, 4 for Latinx, 8 for race, 4 for education, 5 for employment, and 4 for marital status