Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics
| Characteristic | MEDS Only (n=96) |
MEDS+Psychotherapy (n=395) |
P Value | BSP (n=195) |
CBASP (n=200) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical Characteristicsa | ||||||
| Race, No. (%) | ||||||
| White | 82 (85.4) | 354 (89.6) | .03 | 174 (89.2) | 180 (90.0) | .72 |
| Black | 1 (1.0) | 16 (4.1) | 7 (3.6) | 9 (4.5) | ||
| Other | 13 (13.5) | 25 (6.3) | 14 (7.2) | 11 (5.5) | ||
| Hispanic ethnicity, No. (%) | ||||||
| Yes | 9 (9.5) | 29 (7.5) | .51 | 14 (7.2) | 15 (7.7) | .86 |
| No | 86 (90.5) | 360 (92.5) | 180 (92.8) | 180 (92.3) | ||
| Sex, No. (%) | ||||||
| Male | 49 (51.0) | 170 (43.0) | .16 | 82 (42.1) | 88 (44.0) | .70 |
| Female | 47 (49.0) | 225 (57.0) | 113 (57.9) | 112 (56.0) | ||
| Employment status, No. (%) | ||||||
| Employed | 56 (58.3) | 242 (61.6) | .28 | 122 (62.9) | 120 (60.3) | .84 |
| Unemployed | 36 (37.5) | 121 (30.8) | 57 (29.4) | 64 (32.2) | ||
| Retired | 4 (4.2) | 30 (7.6) | 15 (7.7) | 15 (7.5) | ||
| Education, No. (%) | ||||||
| <High school | 0 | 7 (1.8) | .23 | 4 (2.1) | 3 (1.5) | .06 |
| High school graduate | 40 (41.7) | 135 (34.3) | 77 (39.7) | 58 (29.0) | ||
| ≥High school | 56 (58.3) | 252 (64.0) | 113 (58.2) | 139 (69.5) | ||
| Recurrence, No. (%) | ||||||
| Yes | 58 (60.4) | 264 (67.0) | .22 | 128 (65.6) | 136 (68.3) | .57 |
| No | 38 (39.6) | 130 (33.0) | 67 (34.4) | 63 (31.7) | ||
| Attempted suicide, No. (%) | ||||||
| Yes | 12 (12.8) | 38 (10.2) | .46 | 19 (10.4) | 19 (9.9) | .89 |
| No | 82 (87.2) | 336 (89.8) | 164 (89.6) | 172 (90.1) | ||
| Marital status, No. (%) | ||||||
| Married | 41 (42.7) | 161 (40.9) | .31 | 89 (45.6) | 72 (36.2) | .14 |
| Never | 34 (35.4) | 122 (31.0) | 51 (26.2) | 71 (35.7) | ||
| Divorced | 17 (17.7) | 101 (25.6) | 51 (26.2) | 50 (25.1) | ||
| Widowed | 4 (4.2) | 10 (2.5) | 4 (2.1) | 6 (3.0) | ||
| Continuous Characteristics | ||||||
| Age, y | (n=96) | (n=393) | (n=194) | (n=199) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 43.2 (13.4) | 45.9 (11.8) | .05 | 46.4 (11.7) | 45.3 (11.9) | .33 |
| Age at initial onset of MDD, y | (n=92) | (n=380) | (n=190) | (n=190) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 25.0 (11.9) | 26.7 (13.5) | .26 | 26.6 (13.9) | 26.8 (13.2) | .91 |
| Length of index episode of MDD, mo | (n=96) | (n=388) | (n=193) | (n=195) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 91.1 (106.1) | 92.4 (116.0) | .92 | 92.5 (113.2) | 92.4 (119.1) | .99 |
| Duration of MDD, y | (n=92) | (n=378) | (n=189) | (n=189) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 17.7 (12.2) | 19.0 (13.8) | .41 | 19.6 (14.0) | 18.3 (13.6) | .34 |
| No. of episodes of MDD | (n=77) | (n=348) | (n=171) | (n=177) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 2.8 (6.4) | 2.5 (2.2) | .72 | 2.4 (2.0) | 2.6 (2.3) | .59 |
Abbreviations: BSP, brief supportive psychotherapy; CBASP, cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy; MDD, major depressive disorder; MEDS, optimized pharmacotherapy.
a
Information was missing for some patients. Percentages are based on the category total and, because of rounding, may not total 100.