Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of older participants with major depression treated with Engage and of historical controls who received Problem Solving Therapy.

	Engage (N = 39)	PST (N = 97)	Mann-Whitney test
	Mean (SD) 71.8%	Mean (SD) 73.2%	p
Female (%)	71.8%	73.2%	.868ˆ
Age	72.8 (8.0)	72.8 (7.7)	.895
Education (years)	16.7 (5.9)	15.02 (2.6)	.088
HAM-D*	20.4 (4.9)	23.6 (4.0)	.001
WHODAS II**	27.3 (7.6)	27.2 (7.6)	.879
Age of Depression Onset	44.3 (24.6)	57.8 (21.3)	.005
Charlson Comorbidity Index	2.5 (1.8)	2.1 (1.8)	.309
Mini-Mental State Examination	28.8 (1.2)	27.8 (1.7)	.001
HVLT+ Learning Trials	23.1 (5.6)	21.1 (4.8)	.445
HVLT Recall	7.8 (3.1)	8.3 (6.2)	.371
NEO-N++	14.4 (5.2)	14.9 (5.4)	.719

^ˆChi-squared test (1 degree of freedom)

^*Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-24 items

^**World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II

⁺Hopkins Verbal Learning Test

⁺⁺Neuroticism-Extroversion-Openness Personality Inventory (NEO), Neuroticism Domain