Predictors of Treatments Acceptable to Patients for Late-Life Depression

Table 3

Treatment options.

Statements: if I were depressed, I would	N	Mean*	Std. dev.
Take medication prescribed by my primary physician	466	4.35	1.145
Take medication prescribed by my psychiatrist	455	4.30	1.134
Go for counseling	462	4.26	1.135
Follow my doctor’s recommendations	460	4.48	.989
Use prayer and meditation as a treatment	460	3.19	1.517
Take an herb or other supplement	447	2.63	1.414
Increase my alcohol intake	455	1.28	.773

∗Scales 1–5, where 1 means strongly disagree, 2 means somewhat disagree, 3 means do not know, 4 means somewhat agree, and 5 means strongly agree.