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Table 1 Sample characteristics by group and time

From: Effectiveness of an intervention in increasing the provision of preventive care by community mental health services: a non-randomized, multiple baseline implementation trial

  

Group 1

Group 2

Variable

Class

Baseline (n = 110)

Follow-up (n = 677)

Baseline (n = 695)

Follow-up (n = 305)

Gender

Male

49 (45 %)

310 (46 %)

327 (47 %)

143 (47 %)

Age

<40

53 (48 %)

320 (47 %)

366 (53 %)

160 (52 %)

 

40–49

19 (17 %)

154 (23 %)

151 (22 %)

61 (20 %)

 

50–59

22 (20 %)

109 (16 %)

94 (14 %)

46 (15 %)

 

60+

16 (15 %)

94 (14 %)

84 (12 %)

38 (12 %)

Index of disadvantagea

Lower half

92 (84 %)

606 (90 %)

363 (53 %)

154 (51 %)

 

Higher half

17 (16 %)

69 (10 %)

328 (47 %)

150 (49 %)

Remotenessb

Major cities

0 (0 %)

5 (0.7 %)

526 (76 %)

197 (65 %)

 

Regional/remote

109 (100 %)

670 (99 %)

165 (24 %)

107 (35 %)

Aboriginality

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

8 (7.3 %)

88 (13 %)

35 (5.0 %)

21 (6.9 %)

Marital status

Not living with a partner

69 (63 %)

426 (63 %)

530 (76 %)

213 (70 %)

 

Living with partner

41 (37 %)

248 (37 %)

165 (24 %)

92 (30 %)

Education

Some high school or less

66 (60 %)

338 (50 %)

319 (46 %)

129 (42 %)

 

Completed high school

14 (13 %)

93 (14 %)

134 (19 %)

49 (16 %)

 

TAFE certificate or diploma

19 (17 %)

171 (25 %)

157 (23 %)

88 (29 %)

 

University, CAE, degree or higher

11 (10 %)

75 (11 %)

84 (12 %)

39 (13 %)

Employment

Employed

17 (15 %)

191 (28 %)

153 (22 %)

79 (26 %)

 

Not working

64 (58 %)

307 (45 %)

381 (55 %)

151 (50 %)

 

Retired

11 (10 %)

68 (10 %)

58 (8.3 %)

27 (8.9 %)

 

Other

18 (16 %)

111 (16 %)

103 (15 %)

48 (16 %)

Psychiatric diagnosisc

Depression

54 (49 %)

443 (65 %)

392 (56 %)

198 (65 %)

 

Bipolar disorder

24 (22 %)

77 (11 %)

139 (20 %)

70 (23 %)

 

Schizophrenia/psychosis

17 (15 %)

82 (12 %)

207 (30 %)

54 (18 %)

 

Anxiety

29 (26 %)

268 (40 %)

226 (33 %)

130 (43 %)

Appointments in previous 12 months

1–2

34 (31 %)

532 (79 %)

159 (23 %)

152 (50 %)

 

3–11

47 (43 %)

140 (21 %)

221 (32 %)

109 (36 %)

 

12+

29 (26 %)

5 (<1 %)

315 (45 %)

44 (14 %)

Risk status

Smoking

49 (45 %)

340 (50 %)

355 (51 %)

122 (40 %)

 

Physical inactivity

49 (45 %)

232 (34 %)

332 (48 %)

134 (44 %)

 

Alcohol over consumption

50 (45 %)

294 (43 %)

309 (44 %)

126 (41 %)

 

Fruit and vegetable under consumption

98 (89 %)

557 (82 %)

611 (88 %)

251 (82 %)

Number of risks

0

4 (3.6 %)

43 (6.4 %)

26 (3.7 %)

19 (6.2 %)

 

1

22 (20 %)

153 (23 %)

117 (17 %)

67 (22 %)

 

2

35 (32 %)

235 (35 %)

241 (35 %)

111 (36 %)

 

3

35 (32 %)

184 (27 %)

236 (34 %)

88 (29 %)

 

4

14 (13 %)

62 (9.2 %)

75 (11 %)

20 (6.6 %)

  1. Denominator varies by item due to non-responses
  2. aSEIFA index of disadvantage: lower NSW half (≤991); higher NSW half (>991)
  3. bAccessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA)
  4. cPercentages do not add to 100 % as participants could elect more than one diagnosis. A number of participants reported no psychiatric diagnoses (group 1: 7 at baseline, 53 at follow-up; group 2: 52 at baseline, 21 at follow-up)
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