Table 2.

Mental Health Outcomes at Waves 1 and 2, WaTCH Sample, N=2038, Louisiana, 2012–2016.

	Wave 1		Wave 2
Characteristic	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Depressive Symptoms	11.9	12.52	14.5	13.50	***
Presence of depressive symptoms (CESC >= 16) (n, %)	572	28.2	722	35.5
No depressive symptoms (CESD < 16) (n, %)	1459	71.8	1310	64.5
Mental Distress	6.2	5.28	5.9	5.38	***
Severe mental distress (K6 >= 13) (n, %)	262	12.9	268	13.2
Moderate mental distress (K6 = 8–12) (n, %)	406	20.0	321	15.8
No mental distress (K6 < 8) (n, %)	1359	67.0	1446	71.1

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.001,

^***p<0.0001 from Wilcoxon-signed rank tests between Waves 1 and 2

Missing data: Depressive symptoms (W1 n=7, W2 n=6); mental distress (W1 n=11, W2 n=3)

Note: Depressive symptoms measured with the Centers for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CESD) scale; mental distress measured with the K6 scale.