Table 1.
Participants' characteristics at baseline
| BeatIt (n=84) | StepUp (n=77) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 40·3 (11·7) | 40·1 (12·0) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 38 (45·2%) | 38 (49·4%) | |
| Female | 46 (54·8%) | 39 (50·6%) | |
| Ethnicity* | |||
| White | 81 (97·6%) | 75 (98·7%) | |
| Other | 2 (2·4%) | 1 (1·3%) | |
| Marital status† | |||
| Married or cohabiting | 5 (6·0%) | 7 (9·3%) | |
| Separated, divorced, or widowed | 6 (7·2%) | 1 (1·3%) | |
| Single | 73 (86·9%) | 67 (89·3%) | |
| Deprivation decile | 4·5 (2·6) | 3·8 (2·1) | |
| Previous psychological therapies for depression | |||
| Yes | 17 (20·2%) | 14 (18·2%) | |
| No | 67 (79·8%) | 63 (81·8%) | |
| Intelligence quotient (IQ) | |||
| Verbal | 58·87 (8·67) | 63·14 (10·15) | |
| Performance | 57·84 (9·18) | 58·45 (8·11) | |
| Full scale | 55·44 (8·02) | 58·34 (8·38) | |
| Support with living | |||
| Less than daily support | 25 (29·8%) | 24 (31·2%) | |
| Daily support (contact at some point 7 days per week) | 59 (70·2%) | 53 (68·8%) | |
| Vision | |||
| Visual impairment | 55 (65·5%) | 45 (58·4%) | |
| No visual impairment | 29 (34·5%) | 32 (41·6%) | |
| Hearing | |||
| Hearing impairment | 20 (23·8%) | 8 (10·4%) | |
| No hearing impairment | 64 (76·2%) | 69 (89·6%) | |
| Mobility | |||
| Mobility problems | 19 (22·6%) | 20 (26·0%) | |
| No mobility problems | 65 (77·4%) | 57 (74·0%) | |
| Anti-epileptic medication | |||
| Yes | 4 (4·8%) | 9 (11·7%) | |
| No | 80 (95·2%) | 68 (88·3%) | |
| Antidepressants | |||
| Yes | 53 (63·1%) | 51 (66·2%) | |
| No | 31 (36·9%) | 26 (33·8%) | |
| Mood stabilisers | |||
| Yes | 11 (13·1%) | 15 (19·5%) | |
| No | 73 (86·9%) | 62 (80·5%) | |
Data are mean (SD) or n (%).
*
Two participants declined to respond (n=83 for BeatIt, n=76 for StepUp).
†
Two participants declined to respond (n=84 for BeatIt, n=75 for StepUp).