Table 2.
Comparison of patients rated by family member or friend as ‘not needing treatment for depression’ vs. ‘needing treatment for depression’, stratified according to self-identified patient ethnicity.
| Rated by family member or friend as ‘not needing treatment for depression’ |
Rated by family member or friend as ‘needing treatment for depression’ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black patients (n=91) | White patients (n=141) | Black patients (n=18) | White patients (n=64) | |
| Sociodemographic | ||||
| Age, mean (s.d.) | 74.6 (5.6) | 76.0 (6.2)a | 77.1 (5.8)b | 73.4 (5.4)a,b |
| Women, n (%) | 77 (85%)c | 96 (68%)c | 18 (100%)b | 47 (73%)b |
| Education less than high school, n (%) | 49 (54%)c | 40 (28%)c | 13 (72%)b | 20 (31%)b |
| Married, n (%) | 25 (28%)c | 77 (55%)a,c | 4 (22%) | 25 (39%)a |
| Living alone, n (%) | 35 (39%) | 45 (32%) | 9 (50%) | 22 (34%) |
| Psychological | ||||
| CES-D score, mean (s.d.) | 14.5 (11.6) | 12.6 (9.9)a | 20.1 (12.4) | 18.3 (12.6)a |
| BAI score, mean (s.d.) | 8.6 (8.2) | 7.5 (7.7)a | 10.2 (7.5) | 11.6 (8.9)a |
| Cognition | ||||
| MMSE, mean (s.d). | 25.9 (3.5)c | 27.9 (1.9)a,c | 25.8 (3.5) | 27.1 (2.6)a |
| Physical health | ||||
| Physical function score, mean (s.d.) | 55.6 (31.4)c | 66.4 (25.5)a,c | 45 (27.0) | 53.6 (28.5)a |
| Role physical score, mean (s.d.) | 38.5 (42.9)c | 53.8 (38.9)a,c | 33.3 (40.2) | 35.2 (34.7)a |
| Role emotional score, mean (s.d.) | 75.8 (38.5)d | 81.4 (34.9)a | 48.2 (46)d | 66.2 (42.2)a |
| Social function score, mean (s.d.) | 68.5 (30.6)c | 77.9 (25.1)a,c | 62.5 (31.2)b | 65.8 (25.6)a,b |
| Bodily pain score, mean (s.d.) | 52.0 (26.6)c | 58.6 (22.9)a,c | 47.4 (29.5) | 47.7 (23.0)a |
| General health perception score, mean (s.d.) | 55.2 (20.1) | 55.8 (19.1)a | 43.9 (20.6) | 43.9 (19.4)a |
| Chronic medical conditions, mean (s.d.) | 7.5 (3.4)c | 6.6 (3.3)c | 8.1 (3.1) | 8.2 (4.2) |
| Number of visits within six months, mean (s.d.) | 3.0 (1.8)c | 3.8 (2.9)c | 3.0 (1.4) | 4.6 (4.2) |
| Antidepressant use, n (%) | 8 (9%)c,d | 34 (24%)a,c | 8 (44%)d | 33 (52%)a |
Note: Data is from the Spectrum Study (2001–2003). BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; CES-D, The Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; s.d., standard deviation.
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