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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2013 May 22;17(7):823–829. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2013.799118

Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

MBSR
n = 100
 Waitlist Control
n = 100
Variable M (SD) or % M (SD) or %
Demographics
 Age 72.08 (6.74) 73.45 (6.71)
 Gender: % Female 62% 62%
 Education: % attending College 86% 90%
 Health Conditions 2.16 (1.11) 2.10 (1.54)
Baseline Depression Severity
 Depressive Symptom Severity Composite 0.21 (0.88) −0.21 (1.07)
PANAS Positive Affect
 Baseline 34.36 (7.47) 35.05 (7.07)
 Treatment Completion 35.31 (7.50) 35.03 (7.02)
 Follow-up, 6 months Post-treatment 34.63 (8.07) 34.36 (7.24)

Note. N = 200. Depressive Symptom Severity Composite = the standardized summated composite of the CESD-R and HAM-D; PANAS = Positive and Negative Affect Schedule.