TABLE 1.

Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Study Participants

Variable	Subjects in IPT-MOMS (N=26)		Subjects in Treatment as Usual (N=21)			Analysis
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	χ2 or t	df	p
Age (years)	41.6	8.7	44.2	7.6	1.09	45	n.s.
Age of child (years)	13.7	3.5	13.9	3.3	0.14	45	n.s.
	N	%	N	%	χ2 or t	df	p
Caucasian	19	73	18	86	1.10	1	n.s.
Male children	12	46	9	43	0.05	1	n.s.
Employment					3.66	2	n.s.
Full-time/part-time	17	65	8	38
Unemployed/disabled	4	15	7	33
Other (homemaker, student, volunteer)	5	19	6	29
	Median	Range	Median	Range	χ2 or t	df	p
Number of children in home under age 18	2	1–5	2	1–3	0.03	1	n.s.
Marital status					4.30	3	n.s.
	N	%	N	%	χ2 or t	df	p
Never married	8	31	2	10
Married	10	38	12	57
Separated/divorced	7	27	7	33
Widowed	1	4	0	0
Income					0.17	2	n.s.
<$15K	6	23	6	29
$15K–$50K	12	46	10	48
>$50K	7	27	5	24
Education					1.22	3	n.s.
<High school	1	4	0	0
High school	8	31	5	24
Some college	5	19	5	24
College degree	12	46	11	52
Additional axis I disorder (lifetime)	16	62	21	95	7.36	1	0.007
Current anxiety disorder	14	54	17	81	3.80	1	0.051
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	χ2 or t	df	p
Age of onset of major depressive disorder	30.2	13.3	35.3	12.5	1.27	41	n.s.
	Median	Range	Median	Range	χ2 or t	df	p
Number of prior depressive episodes	2	1–4	2	1–6	0.02	1	n.s.
Duration of current episode (weeks)	52	7–184	37	4–361	0.20	1	n.s.
	N	%	N	%	χ2 or t	df	p
Currently receiving antidepressant medication	7	27	3	14	1.11	1	n.s.