Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics by study stage.
| Measure | Clinical Sample n = 166 |
Baseline Sample n = 99 |
Post-Intervention n = 85 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 40.63 (11.77) | 39.23 (12.00) | 39.08 (12.16) |
| Gender, n (%) Female |
112 (67.5%) |
62 (62.6%) |
58 (68.2%) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| Caucasian | 132 (82.0%) | 79 (86.8%) | 73 (86.9%) |
| Afro-Canadian | 8 (5.0%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 |
| Asian/East-Asian | 12 (7.5%) | 6 (6.6%) | 6 (7.1%) |
| Hispanic | 4 (2.5%) | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (1.2%) |
| Other | 5 (3.1%) | 4 (4.4%) | 4 (4.8%) |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| High school | 27 (16.3%) | 16 (16.2%) | 14 (16.5%) |
| College/University | 110 (66.3%) | 60 (60.6%) | 56 (65.9%) |
| Graduate school | 25 (15.1%) | 16 (16.2%) | 15 (17.6%) |
| Other | 4 (2.4%) | 7 (7.1%) | 0 |
| Employment, n (%) | |||
| Full time job | 91 (59.9%) | 49 (57.0%) | 46 (58.2%) |
| Part time job | 23 (15.1%) | 15 (17.4%) | 15 (19.0%) |
| Unemployed | 29 (19.1%) | 17 (19.8%) | 14 (17.7%) |
| Student/Other | 9 (5.9%) | 5 (5.8%) | 4 (5.1%) |
| Age of onset of first episode of depression, mean (SD) | 22.43 (10.67) | 20.87 (9.45) | 20.46 (9.41) |
| Number of past episodes of depression, mean (SD) | 3.86 (2.34) | 4.17 (2.60) | 4.08 (2.51) |
| Previous hospitalization n (%) | 38 (22.9%) | 27 (27.3%) | 27 (31.8%) |
| Suicide attempts, n (%) | 29 (17.5%) | 19 (19.2%) | 16 (18.8%) |
| Family Hx depression, n (%) | 114 (68.7%) | 67 (67.7%) | 62 (72.9%) |
| Antidepressant at intake, n (%) | 100 (60.2%) | 59 (59.6%) | 55 (64.7%) |
| Previous or current psychotherapy, n (%) | 140 (84.3%) | 77 (77.8%) | 70 (82.4%) |
| Remission achieved via, n (%) | |||
| CBT | 39 (28.7%) | 16 (20.3%) | 16 (21.9%) |
| Psychotherapy | 16 (11.8%) | 10 (12.7%) | 8 (11.0%) |
| Medication | 34 (25.0%) | 23 (29.1%) | 20 (27.4%) |
| Medication & psychotherapy | 26 (19.1%) | 19 (24.1%) | 18 (24.7%) |
| Other | 21 (15.4%) | 11 (13.9%) | 11 (15.1%) |
| Number of treatment sessions attended, mean (SD) | 6.27 (2.00) | 6.21 (2.14) | 6.72 (1.48) |
Chi-square tests (for categorical variables) and t-tests for (continuous variables) across all 3 samples revealed no significant differences. Please note that participants had the option to disclose demographic information at their discretion; as such, the total number of demographic variable responses may be less than the full sample size. Percentages are relative to the total number of respondents for each demographic variable.