Table 1. Description of sample.
| Observation periods ending in Full Response Symptom improvement >50% |
Observation periods ending in Partial Response Symptom improvement 25%–50% |
Observation periods ending in No Response Symptom improvement <25% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Percent or Mean (SD) | Percent or Mean (SD) | Percent or Mean (SD) | |
| Adjustment recommendation** | |||
| 58% | 66% | 67% | |
| Demographic information | |||
| Male | 28% | 28% | 28% |
| Married | 41% | 47% | 47% |
| Work full/part-time | 62% | 65% | 67% |
| Unemployed, looking | 5% | 3% | 4% |
| Unemployed, health | 9% | 13% | 9% |
| Retired | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Other | 16% | 11% | 13% |
| Less than high school | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| High school graduate | 35% | 41% | 34% |
| Some college | 40% | 39% | 44% |
| College graduate | 10% | 9% | 10% |
| Any health insurance | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Medicare** | 9% | 16% | 11% |
| Medicaid | 12% | 8% | 12% |
| Age 18–34 | 26% | 24% | 27% |
| Age 35–49 | 40% | 42% | 40% |
| Age 50–65 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Age 66+ | 8% | 7% | 8% |
| White | 69% | 76% | 70% |
| Hispanic | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| Black | 9% | 9% | 10% |
| Other | 9% | 3% | 9% |
| Comorbid conditions and physical health | |||
| Comorbidities - none | 18% | 20% | 25% |
| One | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| Two | 21% | 22% | 18% |
| Three or more | 31% | 30% | 32% |
| Physical functioning (low to high)** | 47.0 (10.6) | 41.8 (12.2) | 40.3 (12.1) |
| Social support (low to high) | 31.2 (9.1) | 30.7 (9.1) | 31.0 (9.1) |
| Dysthymia | 16% | 21% | 17% |
| Depression severity and treatment state | |||
| mCES-D score** | 14.1 (9.8) | 38.4 (9.7) | 58.2 (17.9) |
| Primary care only** | 26% | 32% | 34% |
| Antidepressant | 7% | 12% | 9% |
| Mental health specialist | 47% | 39% | 40% |
| Antidepressant & mental health specialist | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| N | 539 | 236 | 1048 |
Differences between groups assessed with chi2 test
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01
Treatment states:
- Primary care only: PCP visit(s), no antidepressant, and no mental health specialist visit(s).
- Antidepressant: PCP visit(s), antidepressant, and no mental health specialist visit(s).
- Mental health specialist: Antidepressant, no mental health specialist visit(s).
- Antidepressant & mental health specialist: Antidepressant and mental health specialist visit(s).