Table 1.

Characteristics of 348 adults 55 years and older from the NCS-R with prevalent DSM-IV/WMH-CIDI mood and anxiety disorders^a

Characteristic	N	Weighted % or Mean	SE
Predisposing Factors
Age (years)	348	64.4	.6
55–64	209	61.9	3.3
≥ 65	139	38.1	3.3
Female	257	72.8	2.6
Education, ≥ 12 years	252	69.7	3.0
Non-Hispanic white	269	78.5	2.4
Attitudes toward mental health
Willingness	309	88.3	2.0
Comfortable	291	85.9	1.8
Stigma	113	33.5	2.3
Belief in benefit of mental health	202	58.2	3.0
Enabling Factors
Married/cohabitating	149	45.7	3.1
Income
Low	105	30.3	3.2
Middle	194	55.6	3.2
High	49	14.1	2.0
Health insurance	326	92.4	2.0
Need Factors
Severity of Mood/Anxiety
Serious	92	24.5	2.6
Moderate	130	35.6	2.7
Mild	126	39.9	3.4
Medical
Cardiovascular disease	101	31.5	2.3
Chronic pain	288	82.7	2.7
Disability score (WHO-DAS)b
Out of role	348	23.3	1.9
Self-care	348	3.6	.8
Mobility	348	14.6	1.4
Cognition	348	3.2	.5
Social	348	2.0	.4

^aData were from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) and included older adults diagnosed with 12-month DSM-IV disorders based on the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WMH-CIDI).

^bPossible scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating worse functioning.