Table 2.
Participant baseline characteristics.
| Baseline variable | Noncompleters (N = 9) | Completers (N = 21) (analyzable sample) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | |
| Age (years) | 32.1 | 7.8 | 31.3 | 6.6 |
| Male (%) | 44.4 | 33.3 | ||
| Female (%) | 55.6 | 66.7 | ||
| White (%) | 66.7 | 57.1 | ||
| Black (%) | 11.1 | 19.1 | ||
| Hispanic (%) | 22.2 | 23.8 | ||
| Education (years)* | 13.7 | 6.4 | 14.2 | 3.5 |
| Characteristics of depression | ||||
| Age of onset (years) | 22.3 | 8.0 | 18.8 | 7.6 |
| Length of current episode (months) | 58.9 (Median = 12.0) | 132.8 | 36.5 (Median = 6.0) | 60.0 |
| Number of previous episodes | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.8+ | 2.0 |
| Baseline symptom severity | ||||
| HRSD17 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 4.4 | |
| IDS-C30 | 35.8 | 36.8 | 8.7 | |
| IDS-SR30 | 36.2 | 37.9 | 12.1 | |
| Estimated intelligence | ||||
| NART-R | 107.3 | 106.6 | 9.3 | |
*n = 17.
+ n = 18; 3 participants not included because they indicated the number of previous episodes were too many to count.
SD: standard deviation; HRSD17: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, 17 items; IDS-C30: Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology–Clinician-Rated, 30 items; IDS-SR30: Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology–Self-Report, 30 items; NART-R: National Adult Reading Test-Revised.