Table 1.
Demographic and Baseline Clinical Characteristics
| Characteristic | Usual Care (n = 165) % (No.) | Intervention (n = 164) % (No.) |
| Dichotomous characteristics | ||
| Female | 64.8 (107) | 65.2 (107) |
| Married | 54.9 (90) | 54.8 (94) |
| Employed (full- or part-time) | 45.2 (71) | 54.2 (84) |
| White | 81.1 (133) | 75.2 (115) |
| Type 2 diabetes | 95.8 (158) | 96.3 (157) |
| Taking insulin | 43.0 (71) | 38.4 (63) |
| Major depression | 69.1 (114) | 62.6 (102) |
| Lifetime dysthymia | 70.3 (116) | 67.5 (110) |
| ≥ 3 previous episodes of depression | 60.5 (92) | 68.6 (107) |
| Antidepressant use in previous 3 months | 54.0 (101) | 46.0 (86) |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c; SCL-20 = Hopkins Symptom Checklist-20. | ||
| Continuous characteristics | ||
| Age, y | 58.1 (12.0) | 58.6 (11.8) |
| HbA1c, % | 8.0 (1.5) | 8.0 (1.6) |
| Number of diabetic complications | 1.5 (1.4) | 1.5 (1.3) |
| Baseline SCL-20 score | 1.6 (0.5) | 1.7 (0.5) |