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Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Mar 16;35(1):117–126. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.03.003

Table 4.

Characteristics of the sample at baseline

	Mean (SD)/Proportion	Range
Age	70.74 (9.01)	60–100
Gender (proportion male)	0.29
Live alone	0.62
White	0.76
Years of education	14.15 (3.12)	3–21
PHQ-9 total score	7.74 (4.99)	0–22
INQ thwarted belongingness	5.26 (3.86)	0–18
INQ perceived burdensomeness	0.61 (1.36)	0–6
GSIS suicide ideation	18.37 (7.19)	10–74
GSIS death ideation	10.38 (4.23)	5–29
GSIS perceived meaning in life	32.61 (5.41)	14–58

INQ = Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire; GSIS = Geriatric Suicide Ideation Scale. All continuous scores indicate greater scores on the respective construct, including greater thwarted belongingness, greater perceived burdensomeness, greater suicide ideation, greater death ideation, and greater perceived meaning in life.