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Table 1 Baseline patient and FHT characteristics for main analytic sample (n = 2763)

From: The effectiveness of generic emails versus a remote knowledge broker to integrate mood management into a smoking cessation programme in team-based primary care: a cluster randomised trial

  Group A (knowledge broker) Group B (monthly emails) Total missing
Patient level n = 1486 n = 1277 n (%)
Age in years (mean, SD) 51.1 (13.5) 50.4 (13.7) 0 (0)
Male 580 (39) 473 (37) 0 (0)
First Nations, Inuit or Métis 70 (5) 116 (9) 50 (2)
Graduated high school 722 (50) 564 (49) 161 (6)
Currently employed 533 (36) 483 (38) 28 (1)
Household income above 40k 309 (37) 277 (40) 1220 (44)
Daily smoker 1398 (94) 1191 (93) 1 (0)
Willing to set a quit date in next 30 days 1073 (84) 851 (80) 421 (15)
PHQ9 (mean, SD) 4.9 (7.0) 4.2 (6.7) 0 (0)
Consumed alcohol in past year 976 (66) 823 (65) 27 (1)
Marijuana use in past 30 days 520 (35) 443 (35) 27 (1)
Opioid use in past 30 days 376 (26) 305 (24) 31 (1)
Lifetime history of depressiona 1396 (94) 1205 (95) 11 (0)
Lifetime history of anxietya 1038 (71) 873 (69) 35 (1)
Lifetime history of schizophreniaa 47 (3) 35 (3) 44 (2)
Lifetime history of bipolar disordera 140 (10) 99 (8) 52 (2)
Lifetime history of substance use disordera 187 (13) 112 (9) 48 (2)
Lifetime history of alcohol use disordera 192 (13) 138 (11) 45 (2)
Lifetime history of problem gamblinga 36 (2) 26 (2) 43 (2)
Cluster (FHT) level (n = 58) (n = 53)  
Patient Participants per cluster (mean, sd) 25.6 (36.9) 24.1 (18.2)  
Year clinic enrolled first patient in the STOP programme
2011 36 (62) 29 (55)  
2012 11 (19) 10 (19)  
2013 4 (7) 3 (6)  
2014 5 (9) 3 (6)  
2015 2 (3) 5 (9)  
2016 0 (0) 3 (6)  
2017 0 (0) 0 (0)  
2018 0 (0) 0 (0)  
Local Health Integration Networksb (health regions in Ontario)
Central 2 (3) 5 (9)  
Central East 5 (9) 3 (6)  
Central West 2 (3) 1 (2)  
Champlain 6 (10) 5 (9)  
Erie-St.Clair 6 (10) 4 (8)  
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant 3 (5) 5 (9)  
Mississauga Halton 3 (5) 0 (0)  
North East 6 (10) 10 (19)  
North Simcoe Muskoka 1 (2) 3 (6)  
North West 4 (7) 5 (9)  
South East 7 (12) 3 (6)  
South West 7 (12) 3 (6)  
Toronto Central 1 (2) 3 (6)  
Waterloo Wellington 5 (9) 3 (6)  
  1. Values are numbers (percentages of non-missing) unless stated otherwise. SD = standard deviation
  2. aSelf-reported lifetime history of past diagnosis
  3. bLocal Health Integration Networks (LHINs) are agencies established by the Government of Ontario to plan, coordinate, integrate and fund health services at a local level. They represent health regions across the province. A total of fourteen LHINs have been established across Ontario
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