Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the sample.
| No diagnosis (n = 21) |
Worried well (n = 33) |
GAD (n = 31) |
GAD and depression (n = 25) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (S.D.) | 73.2 (8.8) | 71.0 (6.6) | 69.9 (7.3) | 67.6 (6.7) | .08 |
| Education, mean (S.D.) | 14.1 (2.8) | 14.4 (3.4) | 13.7 (2.6) | 13.4 (2.4) | .56 |
| % Males | 33.3 | 36.4 | 9.7 | 20.0 | .06 |
| Marital status | .59 | ||||
| % Never married | 9.5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| % Married | 61.9 | 42.4 | 50.0 | 48.0 | |
| % Widowed | 28.6 | 33.3 | 30.0 | 36.0 | |
| % Divorced/separated | 0.0 | 21.3 | 20.0 | 12.0 | |
| Race | .39 | ||||
| % White | 90.5 | 68.8 | 80.6 | 72.0 | |
| % African American | 9.5 | 25.0 | 12.9 | 12.0 | |
| % Native American | 0.0 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 12.0 | |
| % Hispanic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | |
| Health | |||||
| % Cardiac diseases | 19.0 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 24.0 | .60 |
| % Endocrine diseases | 33.3 | 21.2 | 25.8 | 40.0 | .43 |
| % Gastrointestinal diseases | 9.5 | 18.2 | 29.0 | 48.0 | .02 |
| % Pain | 61.9 | 69.7 | 67.7 | 84.0 | .38 |
| % Pulmonary diseases | 14.3 | 6.1 | 22.6 | 36.0 | .03 |
| Medications | |||||
| % Benzodiazepines | 4.8 | 24.2 | 35.5 | 52.0 | .004 |
| % SSRIs | 9.5 | 6.1 | 12.9 | 28.0 | .12 |
| % Other anti-depressants | 0.0 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 16.0 | .12 |
| % Other sleep aids | 4.8 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 12.0 | .56 |