Table 1.
Demographic and Background Information (N = 56)
| Overall | Depressed nonbereaved | Depressed bereaved without elevated PGD | Depressed bereaved with elevated PGD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Men | 22 | 39.3 | 12 | 37.5 | 8 | 53.3 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Women | 34 | 60.7 | 20 | 62.5 | 7 | 46.7 | 7 | 77.8 |
| Ethnicity/race | ||||||||
| Caucasian | 40 | 71.4 | 25 | 78.1 | 8 | 53.3 | 7 | 77.8 |
| African American | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Asian American | 6 | 10.7 | 4 | 12.5 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Latino/Hispanic | 5 | 8.9 | 2 | 6.3 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Native American | 3 | 5.4 | 1 | 3.1 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Antidepressants | ||||||||
| Yes | 14 | 25.0 | 11 | 34.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| No | 42 | 75.0 | 21 | 65.6 | 15 | 100 | 6 | 66.7 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 69.9 | 7.6 | 70.4 | 7.5 | 69.4 | 7.5 | 68.0 | 7.3 |
| Years of education | 15.0 | 2.6 | 15.3 | 2.8 | 15.4 | 1.8 | 13.8 | 2.6 |
| HRSD | 14.2 | 5.6 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 12.7 | 6.3 | 15.5 | 6.6 |
| ELSI | 6.0 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 3.1 |
Notes. ELSI = Elders Life Stress Inventory; HRSD = Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; PGD = prolonged grief disorder.