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Table 2 Characteristics of participating patients

From: Targeted versus tailored multimedia patient engagement to enhance depression recognition and treatment in primary care: randomized controlled trial protocol for the AMEP2 study

Characteristic

Interactive-multimedia arm (n = 294)

PSA arm (n = 286)

Attention control arm (n = 287)

p-value*

% female

162 (55.1)

159 (55.6)

165 (57.5)

0.83

Mean age, yrs (SD)

51.5 (12.4)

52.2 (11.4)

51.7 (11.5)

0.82

Race/ethnicity (%)

   

0.86

   Hispanic or Latino

43 (14.6)

40 (14.0)

40 (13.9)

 

   Black, not Hispanic

61 (20.7)

50 (17.5)

57 (19.9)

 

   Asian or other

25 (8.5)

32 (11.2)

33 (11.5)

 

   White

165 (56.1)

164 (57.3)

157 (54.7)

 

Income (%)

   

0.70

   Less than $35,000

106 (36.0)

110 (38.5)

101 (35.2)

 

   $35,000 or more

188 (64.0)

176 (61.5)

186 (64.8)

 

% with college or graduate degree

126 (43.3)

123 (43.2)

142 (49.6)

0.20

% living with spouse or partner

162 (55.9)

160 (56.1)

165 (57.7)

0.89

Site of care (%)

   

0.51

   Specialty Practice

119 (40.5)

130 (45.5)

114 (39.7)

 

   Academic

94 (32.0)

89 (31.1)

105 (36.6)

 

   HMO

32 (10.9)

30 (10.5)

24 (10.9)

 

   VA

49 (16.7)

37 (12.9)

44 (15.3)

 

PHQ-8 (SD)

    

   At enrollment

7.9 (5.4)

7.0 (5.1)

7.2 (5.4)

0.11

   At index visit

7.9 (5.5)

6.7 (5.3)

7.1 (5.4)

0.05

   *Correlation

0.84

0.84

0.86

 

PHQ-9 category, N (%)

   

0.17

   <5

90 (30.6)

109 (38.1)

109 (38.0)

 

   5-9

99 (33.7)

103 (36.0)

89 (31.0)

 

   10-14

66 (22.4)

43 (15.0)

56 (19.5)

 

   15+

39 (13.3)

31 (10.8)

33 (11.5)

 

SF-12 at enrollment, Mean (SD)

    

Mental Health Score (n = 840)

44.8 (11.8)

47.7 (11.6)

46.3 (12.7)

0.02

Physical Health Score (n = 840)

41.4 (13.5)

41.8 (13.7)

41.2 (13.2)

0.86

Somatic Symptom Severity at Index Visit†, Mean (SD)

7.3 (2.0)

7.3 (2.0)

7.4 (1.9)

0.90

Depression Stigma at Index Visit, Mean (SD)

16.5 (4.0)

16.9 (3.8)

16.5 (3.8)

0.42

Self-efficacy for patient-physician interactions (PEPPI) regarding mental health, Mean (SD)

21.9 (5.8)

21.7 (5.6)

21.8 (5.9)

0.86

  1. *To obtain p-values, the F-test statistic in a one-way ANOVA was used for comparing means and the chi-square test for association was used for categorical variables.
  2. †Reflects how much patient was bothered in the past month (theoretical range from 4 to 12) by stomach pain; back pain; pain in arms, legs or joints, and headaches.
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