Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of 30 Depressed Elders with Cognitive Impairment and Disability at Baseline.

	PATH (N=15)		ST (N=15)
	N	Perc (%)	N	Perc (%)	Fisher's Exact (p)
Gender					1.00
Female	10	66.67	11	73.33
Race and Ethnicity					1.00
Caucasian-Non-Hispanic	11	73.33	11	73.33
African-American	4	26.67	4	26.67
Probable or Definite					1.00
Dementia	4	26.67	3	20.00
On Antidepressants	12	78.7	12	78.7	1.00

							Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon
	Mean	SD	Range	Mean	SD	Range	z	p
Age	80.46	8.45	66–92	78.36	8.12	69–94	−0.64	0.53
Education (years)	12.50	3.67	6–18	12.23	2.68	6–16	−0.25	0.80
BASELINE
HAM-D-24 Total1	22.40	3.92	17–28	21.40	2.80	17–26	−0.52	0.60
MMSE Total2	26.86	2.33	20–30	26.40	2.95	19–29	−0.15	0.88
Executive Dysfunction
DRS IP3	28.14	6.39	9–35	26.00	6.51	11–35	−1.12	0.26
Stroop CW4	15.91	8.93	4–30	15.14	8.76	5–35	0.22	0.83
Memory-HVLT 5
Immediate Recall	3.27	1.91	0–6	3.87	1.46	1–6	0.86	0.39
Delayed Recall	4.40	2.72	0–10	5.40	2.38	0–9	1.33	0.18
Charlson Total6	2.20	2.18	0–7	3.26	3.08	0–11	1.55	0.12
SDS Total7	13.73	5.64	0–20	10.43	5.02	0–20	−1.76	0.08
MAI IADL8	17.17	4.37	10–25	17.36	4.47	11–26	−0.10	0.92
Intensity of Antidepressant
Medication Treatment9	2.46	1.55	0–4	2.71	1.54	0–4	0.43	0.66

¹24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

²Mini Mental State Exam

³Mattis Dementia Rating Scale – Initiation / Perseveration Subscale

⁴Stroop Color-Word Score

⁵Hopkins Verbal Learning Test – Revised

⁶Charlson Commorbity Index

⁷Sheehan Disability Scale Total = Social Life Score + Family Life/Home Responsibilities Score

⁸Philadelphia Multilevel Assessment Instrument – Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Subscale

⁹Composite Antidepressant Score (CAD)