Table 1.

Participant demographics, health status, and health care use by treatment group^a

	Total (N=242)		Living Well (N=124)		Education/ Support (N=118)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Demographics
Age	57.8 +/−7.7		58.5+/−7.6		57.0 +/−7.8
Male	210	87	107	86	103	87
Race
Caucasian	69	29	31	25	38	32
Black	151	62	82	66	69	59
Other/Multiple races	22	9	11	9	11	9
Ethnicity
Hispanic	5	2	4	3	1	1
Non-Hispanic	235	98	118	97	117	99
At least a high school diploma or a GED	225	93	114	92	111	94
Psychiatric diagnosisb
Schizophrenia	29	12	14	11	15	13
Schizoaffective disorder	38	16	23	19	15	13
Bipolar disorder	86	35	39	32	47	40
Major Depression Disorder with Psychotic Features	12	5	7	6	5	4
Psychosis NOS	12	5	8	7	4	3
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	71	29	38	31	33	28
Health Status and Behaviorsc
Number of classes of chronic medical conditions	3.4+/−1.7		3.3+/−1.7		3.4=/−1.6
Diabetes	91	38	50	40	41	35
Arthritis	187	77	94	76	93	79
Respiratory Diseases	27	11	16	13	11	9
Cardiovascular Diseases	36	15	18	15	18	15
Body mass index	31.1 +/−6.5		31.1+/−6.2		31.0 +/−6.7
Current Smoker	94	43	45	41	49	45
Alcohol use in past 30 days	63	28	28	25	35	32
Drug use in past 30 days	19	9	8	7	11	10
Health Care Use
Has a usual source of medical care	220	99	111	98	109	99

^aNo significant baseline differences were found between groups on any variable.

^bParticipants could have more than one psychiatric diagnosis.

^cSelf-reported conditions participants endorsed “still having” at time of baseline assessment.