Longitudinal Relationships of Religion with Posttreatment Depression Severity in Older Psychiatric Patients: Evidence of Direct and Indirect Effects
Table 1
Descriptive statistics.
N
a
Demographics
Female, n (%)
254
(65.8)
386
White, n (%)
329
(85.2)
386
Age (years), mean (SD)
69.40
(7.26)
386
Education (years), mean (SD)
13.65
(2.95)
386
Vascular comorbidityb, mean (SD)
1.46
(1.86)
384
Depression
MADRS at baseline, mean (SD)
25.88
(7.84)
386
MADRS at 3 months, mean (SD)
12.57
(8.67)
386
Mediators
Social supportc, mean (SD)
22.99
(3.81)
364
Average stressd, mean (SD)
6.60
(2.08)
378
Religious factors
Subjective religiousnesse, mean (SD)
1.58
(0.67)
380
Religious attendancef, mean (SD)
2.67
(1.78)
380
Religious media usef, mean (SD)
1.68
(1.93)
379
Prayer frequencyf, mean (SD)
3.08
(1.81)
378
Mainline Protestant, n (%)
152
(40.4)
376
Conservative Protestant, n (%)
129
(34.3)
376
Catholic, n (%)
36
(9.6)
376
Other religious affiliation, n (%)
33
(8.8)
376
No religious affiliation, n (%)
26
(6.9)
376
aN with nonmissing data prior to imputation.
bScored on a 0–12 scale.
cScored on a 10–30 scale.
dScored on a 1–10 scale.
eScored on a 0–2 scale.
fScored on a 0–5 scale.
