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. 2008 Jul;6(4):295–301. doi: 10.1370/afm.843

Table 2.

Depression Symptoms, Blood Pressure, and Adherence to Antidepressant and Antihypertensive Medications of Participants in Usual Care and in the Integrated Intervention at 6 Weeks

Variable Usual Care (n=32) Intervention (n=32) PValue
CES-D, mean (SD), score 19.3 (15.2) 9.9 (10.7) .006
Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg 141.3 (18.8) 127.3 (17.7) .003
Diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg 85.0 (11.9) 75.8 (10.7) .002
≥ 80% adherent to antidepressant, n (%) 10 (31.3) 23 (71.9) .001
≥ 80% adherent to antihypertensive, n (%) 10 (31.3) 25 (78.1) <.001

CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.

Note: P values represent statistical tests using t tests for continuous measures and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables.