Table 1.

Characteristics of included and excluded^a patients and CarePartners.

Variable	Category	Included N=201 dyads	Excluded N=168 dyads	p-valueb
Patient characteristics
Age, mean (SD)	Years	68.3 (10.4)	67.4 (10.0)	0.41
Gender, %	Female	1	1	0.87
Race/ethnicity, %	White only	76	78	0.71
	Black/African American only	22	19
	Other/multiple	2	3
Education, %	High school or less	50	49	0.94
Marital status, %	Married	60	58	0.72
Employment status, %	Employed	14	10	0.24
Self-reported CES-D 10 score (SD)	Mean (SD)	10.1 (6.1)	9.5 (5.9)	0.41
	Classified as depressed (≥10), %	51	49	0.19
CarePartner characteristics
Age, mean (SD)	Years	46.3 (12.9)	48.0 (13.5)	0.21
Gender, %	Female	69	61	0.10
Race/ethnicity, %	White only	75	81	0.10
	Black/African American only	23	19
	Other/multiple	2	0
Education, %	High school or less	25	32	0.19
Marital status, %	Married	68	70	0.65
Employment status, %	Employed	66	58	0.10
Self-reported CES-D 10 score	Mean (SD)	4.6 (4.6)	4.8 (4.5)	0.57
	Classified as depressed (≥10), %	12	13	0.80
Patient-CarePartner characteristics
Contact frequency: talking, %	≤Once/month	5	8	0.78
	Biweekly	5	5
	Weekly	25	25
	More than weekly	64	63
Contact frequency: visiting, %	≤Once/month	20	24	0.79
	Biweekly	16	14
	Weekly	7	7
	More than weekly	57	55
Distance between patient and CP, mean (SD)	Miles	134 (364)	162 (477)	0.53

^aDyads were excluded if the CarePartner did not rate the patient’s depressive symptoms at baseline.

^bP-value for difference between included and excluded dyads based on a t-test (continuous variables) or chi-square test (categorical variables).