. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2017 Mar 7;214:130–137. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.03.006

Table 1. Select Demographics and Clinical Characteristics.

	Supportive Therapy (n = 112)	Problem-solving Therapy (n = 108)	p
Age	73.16 (SD = 7.93)	72.77 (SD = 7.57)	.71
Gender	Male (42.9%)	Male (25.9%)	.01^*
Gender	Female (57.1%)	Female (74.1%)
Race	White (84.8%)	White (89.8%)	.45
	Black (9.8%)	Black (4.6%)
	Asian (3.6%)	Asian (4.6%)
	Other (1.8%)	Other (0.9%)
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic (95.5%)	Non-Hispanic (90.7%)	.09
Ethnicity	Hispanic (3.6%)	Hispanic (9.3%)
Education	15.51 years (SD = 2.96)	14.97 years (SD = 2.59)	.16
Age of depression onset	53.26 (SD = 23.64, range = 8-86)	58.33 (SD = 20.92, range = 12-86)	.51
Total depressive episodes	2.34 (SD = 1.59, range = 1-7)	2.12 (SD = 2.69, range = 1-25)	.16
Depression	24.45 (SD = 4.58, range = 19-37)	24.07 (SD = 3.93, range = 18-40)	.42
Understanding	36.10 (SD = 5.07, range = 25-45)	36.91 (SD = 5.07, range = 18-45)	.30
Accepting	46.18 (SD = 7.72, range = 24-60)	46.31 (SD = 8.24, range = 13-60)	.91

Note.

p < .05.

Depression was measured by the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD; Hamilton, 1960). The therapeutic relationship (TR) was assessed by the Understanding and Accepting subscales of the Client Perception of Therapist Scale (CPTS; Lorr, 1965).