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Table 1 Characteristics of depressed patients by address classification

From: Impact of rural address and distance from clinic on depression outcomes within a primary care medical home practice

 

Urban Area

Urban Cluster

Rural

p-value

N (%)

2088 (54.0%)

885 (22.9%)

897 (23.1%)

Age, mean (SD), yrs

43.2 (16.8)

41.6 (15.4)

44.2 (16.4)

0.003

Gender, % Female

72.8%

74.4%

70.9%

0.260

Race, % White

90.2%

96.6%

97.8%

< 0.001

Married, %

43.4%

46.4%

56.1%

< 0.001

Recurrent Depression, %

44.5%

40.5%

42.5%

0.115

Initial PHQ-9, mean (SD)

15.5 (4.1)

15.2 (4.1)

15.3 (4.2)

0.294

GAD-7, mean (SD)

11.6 (5.3)

11.7 (5.4)

11.2 (5.5)

0.190

MDQ positive

12.3%

14.4%

13.4%

0.279

Smoker

13.8%

22.3%

13.3%

< 0.001

Care Management, %

80.0%

78.3%

79.9%

0.560

Clinic

   

< 0.001

 A

63.7%

16.3%

20.0%

 

 B

15.9%

55.0%

29.2%

 

 C

62.5%

14.1%

23.4%

 

 D

55.0%

22.5%

22.6%

 

 E

60.4%

13.9%

25.6%

 

Distance from Clinic, mean (SD), km

14.7 (17.4)

28.9 (16.6)

32.6 (18.5)

< 0.001

Remission @ 6mo, %

45.5%

43.1%

48.8%

0.048

PDS @ 6mo, %

29.0%

32.4%

25.8%

0.008

  1. Address Classification based upon 2010 United States Census Legal Statistical Area Description
  2. p-values < 0.05 considered significant