Table 1.

Demographic and Baseline Clinical Characteristics of 35 Older Adults with Major Depression and Mild Cognitive Deficits

	PATH (N=16)		ST (N=19)
	N	Perc (%)	N	Perc (%)	Fisher’s Exact (p)
Gender					0.13
Female	9	56.25	16	84.21
Race and Ethnicity					0.64
Caucasian	13	81.25	17	89.47
African-American	3	18.75	2	10.53
Number of Depression Episodes (>=3)	9	69.23	9	56.25	0.70
On Antidepressants	10	62.50	11	57.89	1.00
On Cognitive Enhancers	1	6.25	1	5.26	1.00
					Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	z	p
Age	77.69	7.43	80.48	7.60	−1.09	0.27
Age at Onset of Depression	53.62	25.19	56.13	26.11	−0.09	0.93
Education (years)	14.07	3.01	13.29	2.95	1.04	0.30
Attended Therapy Sessions#	10.56	2.94	10.95	2.99	−0.97	0.33
MADRS Total1	20.31	3.24	21.11	3.38	−0.63	0.53
WHODAS-12 Total2	30.38	8.76	32.21	3.81	−0.40	0.69
MMSE Total3	28.21	2.16	28.29	1.05	0.66	0.51
Charlson Total4	2.31	1.56	3.11	2.71	−0.76	0.45
Intensity of Antidepressant Medication Treatment5	2.00	1.56	2.00	1.85	−0.26	0.79

^#90.5% of participants who completed the study had 12 therapy sessions, 6.3% had 11 sessions, and 3.2% had 10 session.

¹Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)

²World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule – II - 12 items

³Mini Mental State Exam – Total

⁴Charlson Commorbity Index

⁵Composite Antidepressant Score (CAD) – Revised.