Table 1.

Baseline Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of the Sample (N = 189)

Demographics and Clinical Characteristics	No. (%)
Age (mean, SD), y	67.15 (8.34)
Female	134 (70.1)
Hispanic	24 (12.6)
Race/ethnicity
Black	35 (18.5)
White	134 (70.8)
Asian	8 (4.2)
Other	12 (6.3)
Marital status
Never married	25 (13)
Married	83 (44)
No longer married	53 (28)
Widowed	28 (15)
Educational level, mean (SD), y	14.5 (3.0)
Employment status
Full- or part-time	46 (24.3)
Unemployed or on disability	35 (25.1)
Retired	106 (56.0)
Baseline DSSI, perceived social support subscale	17.1 (3.35)
Baseline IIP	13.72 (8.01)
Baseline HAM-D score	18.3 (9.77)
MMSE score, mean (SD)	27.8 (2.0)

Note. DSSI = Duke Social Support Index; IIP = Inventory of Interpersonal Problems; HAM-D = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination