Original Article

Dejian Mind-Body Intervention on Depressive Mood of Community-Dwelling Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of participants.

CharacteristicsDMBI group CBT group
( )( )
MeanSDMeanSDt-valueP-value

Age (years)49.657.2748.928.110.30.76
Education (years)13.002.6112.852.720.18.86
Depressive Mood14.0010.4215.0514.24 .75
 (BDI-II)
Gender—female (%)66.6766.67

DMBI: Dejian Mind-Body Intervention; CBT: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory-version II.