Table 1.

Demographic and Baseline Clinical Characteristics

CharacteristicUsual Care (n = 165) % (No.)Intervention (n = 164) % (No.)
Dichotomous characteristics
Female64.8 (107)65.2 (107)
Married54.9 (90)54.8 (94)
Employed (full- or part-time)45.2 (71)54.2 (84)
White81.1 (133)75.2 (115)
Type 2 diabetes95.8 (158)96.3 (157)
Taking insulin43.0 (71)38.4 (63)
Major depression69.1 (114)62.6 (102)
Lifetime dysthymia70.3 (116)67.5 (110)
≥ 3 previous episodes of depression60.5 (92)68.6 (107)
Antidepressant use in previous 3 months54.0 (101)46.0 (86)
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)
HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c; SCL-20 = Hopkins Symptom Checklist-20.
Continuous characteristics
Age, y58.1 (12.0)58.6 (11.8)
HbA1c, %8.0 (1.5)8.0 (1.6)
Number of diabetic complications1.5 (1.4)1.5 (1.3)
Baseline SCL-20 score1.6 (0.5)1.7 (0.5)