Table 1.
Baseline Participant Characteristics
| Characteristic | All Participants (N = 46), n (%) or M (SD) | Engage Group (n = 31), n (%) or M (SD) | Usual-Care Group (n = 15), n (%) or M (SD) | p |
| Age, yr | 63.5 (8.3) | 64.8 (8.0) | 60.7 (8.5) | .12 |
| Female | 35 (76.1) | 24 (77.4) | 11 (73.3) | .52 |
| Race | .24 | |||
| White | 39 (84.8) | 25 (80.6) | 14 (93.3) | |
| Black | 5 (10.9) | 5 (16.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Other/>1 race | 2 (4.3) | 1 (3.2) | 1 (6.7) | |
| Marital status, married or partnered | 24 (52.2) | 17 (54.8) | 7 (46.7) | .20 |
| Education | .11 | |||
| High school or some college | 11 (23.9) | 10 (32.3) | 1 (6.7) | |
| College degree (4 yr) | 12 (26.1) | 6 (19.4) | 6 (40.0) | |
| Graduate school | 23 (50.0) | 15 (48.4) | 8 (53.3) | |
| Employment, working/volunteering ≥20 hr/wk | 20 (43.5) | 13 (41.9) | 7 (46.7) | .50 |
| Health status | ||||
| Body mass index scorea | 31.9 (6.1) | 32.9 (6.3) | 29.8 (5.3) | .09 |
| CMSI symptoms | 8.9 (6.0) | 8.9 (6.4) | 9.0 (5.6) | .95 |
| Six-Minute Walk Test, ft | 1,167 (207) | 1,174 (195) | 1,152 (237) | .74 |
| CES–D score | 7.0 (7.8) | 6.3 (7.6) | 8.7 (8.3) | .33 |
Note. CES–D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression scale; CMSI = Complex Medical Symptoms Inventory; M = mean; SD = standard deviation.
a
Range = 22.5–50.3.