Table 1.
Baseline Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participants in a Study of ECT and Venlafaxine in Geriatric Depression
| Baseline Characteristics | Total Sample (N=240) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Continuous | Mean | SD |
| Age (years) | 69.9 | 7.6 |
| Education (years) a | 14.5 | 3.3 |
| Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (24 item) total score | 31.2 | 7.3 |
| Mini-Mental State Examination total score a | 27.5 | 2.4 |
| Wechsler Test of Adult Reading Full Scale IQ score j | 106.0 | 10.2 |
| Clinical Global Impression severity score a | 5.3 | 0.9 |
| Psychiatric hospitalizations b | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics score c | 8.6 | 4.2 |
| Number of previous antidepressant medications d | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| Categorical | N | % |
| Sex: Female | 138 | 57.5 |
| Race: White | 228 | 95.0 |
| Ethnicity: Hispanic e | 9 | 3.8 |
| Recurrent depressive episode | 210 | 87.5 |
| Depressive Subtype | ||
| Atypical a | 5 | 2.1 |
| Melancholic a | 141 | 59.0 |
| Psychotic | 28 | 11.7 |
| Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation, % with score of 0 f | 105 | 52.0 |
| Family history of psychiatric illness g | 160 | 68.7 |
| Family history of mood disorder h | 143 | 61.9 |
| Family history of major depressive disorder i | 136 | 59.1 |
| Family history of bipolar disorder j | 33 | 14.3 |
a
Data missing for 1 subject (0.4%).
b
Data missing for 11 subjects (4.6%).
c
Data missing for 3 subjects (1.3%).
d
Data missing for 34 subjects (14.2%).
e
Data missing for 2 subjects (0.8%).
f
Data missing for 38 subjects (15.8%).
g
Data missing for 7 subjects (2.9%).
h
Data missing for 9 subjects (3.8%).
i
Data missing for 10 subjects (4.2%).
j
Data missing for 32 subjects (13.3%).