Table 2. Baseline Demographic and Measures of Support, Quality of Life and Depression for Participants in the PRISM STUDY.
| Total Group | PRISM | Binder | df | F-value Mann-Whitney U or X2 | |
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| Age | 76.15 | 76.97 | 75.34 | 1,298 | 3.69 |
| Range 64-98 | (SD=7.4) | (SD=7.3) | (SD=7.4) | ||
| Median= 76.0 | Median= 76.5 | median= 74.0 | |||
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| Gender | 78.0 % female | 79.3 % female | 76.7% female | 1 | .18 |
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| Education | HS or less=39.0 % | HS or less=43.3 % | HS or less=34.7 % | 3 | 5.67 |
| Some College=38.7 % | Some College = 35.3% | Some College=42.0 % | |||
| College Grad= 13.0 % | College Grad= 10.0 % | College Grad= 16.0 % | |||
| Post Graduate=9.3 % | Post Graduate=11.3 % | Post Graduate=7.3% | |||
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| Ethnicity | Hispanic=9.0 % | Hispanic= 8.0 % | Hispanic=10.0 % | 3 | .60 |
| White NonHispanic= 54.0 % | White NonHispanic= 53.3 % | White NonHispanic= 54.7% | |||
| Black Non-Hispanic=32.7 % | Black Non-Hispanic=34.0 % | Black Non-Hispanic=31.3% | |||
| Non-Hispanic Other=4.3% | Non-Hispanic Other=4.7% | Non-Hispanic Other=4.0% | |||
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| Household Income | Less than $30,000 = 86.6 % | Less than $30,000 = 84.7 % | Less than $30,000 =88.6 % | 2 | 1.41 |
| $30,000-$59,999 = 11.9% | $30,000-$59,999= 13.1% | $30,000-$59,999= 10.6 % | |||
| $60,000+ =1.5% | $60,000+ = 2.2 % | $60,000+ = .8% | |||
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| +CES-D Score | 11.11 (SD=9.1) | 9.70 (SD=8.3) | 12.52 (SD=9.5) | 1,298 | -2.72** |
| Range 0-52 | Median=9.0 | Median= 8.0 | Median= 12.0 | ||
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| +Social Isolation | 19.24 (SD=3.9) | 19.72 (SD=3.7) | 18.75 (SD=4.1) | 1,298 | 2.21* |
| Range 4-24 | Median=20.0 | Median=21.0 | Median=20.0 | ||
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| +Life Engagement | 24.81 (SD=4.1) | 25.30 (SD=4.1) | 24.29 (SD=4.1) | 1,298 | 2.39* |
| Range 11-30 | Median=25.0 | Median= 26.0 | Median= 25.0 | ||
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| Level of Support | 25.11 (SD=6.9) | 25.33 (SD=6.9) | 24.90 (SD=6.9) | 1,298 | .30 |
| Range=6-36 | Mean= 24.0 | Mean= 25.0 | Median= 24.0 | ||
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| Loneliness Scale | 39.52 (SD=10.0) | 38.81 (SD=9.7) | 40.23 (SD=10.3) Median= | 1,297 | 1.51 |
| Range= 20-73 | Median= 38.0 | Median= 38.0 | 39.0 | ||
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| Quality of Life | 38.35 (SD=5.8) | 39.02 (SD=5.6) | 37.67 (SD=6.0) | 1,298 | 4.13* |
| Range= 21-52 | Median= 38.0 | Median= 39.0 | Median=37.0 | ||
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| Life Space | 5.71 (SD=1.4) | 5.79 (SD=1.4) | 5.64 (SD=1.4) | 1,296 | .91 |
| Range= 21-52 | Median= 5.0 | Median= 6.0 | Median= 5.0 | ||
Notes: 1)+ Because violation of normality assumptions, non-parametric distributional tests were performed using the Mann-Whitney U; 2) Education was not available for two subjects and these values were obtained for the screening data.
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p ≤ .01;
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p ≤ .05