Building a Community-Academic Partnership: Implementing a Community-Based Trial of Telephone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Rural Latinos

Table 1

Characteristics at baseline of 101 patients who received telephone-based CBT or enhanced usual care.

Variables/Category	Overall 𝑁=101		Intervention 𝑁=50		Usual care 𝑁=511
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Age
Mean + SD	39.81±10.56		41.17±9.69		38.54±1.27
Female	79	78	39	39	40	78
Nativity
USA (excluding Puerto Rico)	4	4			4	8
Mexico	92	91	47	94	45	88
Other	5	5	3	6	2	4
Primarily Spanish speaking	84	84	43	86	41	82
Education
<6 yrs	27	27	14	29	13	26
6–11 yrs	50	50	24	49	26	51
HS graduate	14	14	7	14	7	14
Some college or higher	9	9	4	8	5	10
Employed full/part time	50	50	26	53	24	47
Uninsured	42	41	16	32	26	51
Married	62	62	31	63	31	61
Annual household income
≤$5000	8	9	2	2	6	14
$5001–$15,000	36	40	23	48	13	30
$15,001–$25,000	31	34	16	33	15	34
≥$25,000	17	19	7	15	10	23
Agricultural worker status
Migrant worker	10	10	7	14	3	6
Seasonal worker	32	32	15	30	17	33
Baseline SCL depression scale score^1
Mean + SD	1.79±.77		1.77±.77		1.81±.78
Anxiety disorder	58	57	23	46	35	67
Probable alcohol or substance disorder	13	45	5	39	8	50
>3 medical problems	30	39	17	44	13	33

¹Hopkins Symptom Checklist—scores range from 0 to 4 with higher scores indicating more severe depression.