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Table 2 Characteristics of patients at baseline

From: Comparing a ses-sensitive and an all-ses implementation strategy to improve participation rates of patients with a lower socioeconomic background in a web-based intervention for depressive complaints: a cluster randomised trial in primary care

  

All-SES implementation strategy

n = 135

SES-sens implementation strategy

n = 93

Sociodemographic factors

Age

 

40.6 (14.3)

39.6 (13.7)

Gender

Female

103 (76%)

59 (63%)

Male

32 (24%)

34 (37%)

Marital status

Not married

6 (45%)

48 (52%)

Married/Living with partner

67 (50%)

36 (39%)

Divorced

7 (5%)

9 (10%)

Widowed

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Country of birth

The Netherlands

125 (93%)

81 (87%)

Other

10 (7%)

12 (13%)

Living arrangement

Alone

15 (11%)

22 (24%)

Not alone

120 (89%)

71 (76%)

Education

Low

25 (19%)

16 (17%)

Medium

66 (49%)

44 (48%)

High

44 (33%)

32 (35%)

Income

Above social minimum

123 (91%)

77 (84%)

Employment

Employed

105 (78%)

63 (68%)

Unemployed

3 (2%)

11 (12%)

Other (e.g. student, pension)

27 (20%)

19 (20%)

Clinical factors

Duration complaints

 < 1 year

74 (55%)

47 (51%)

 ≥ 1 year

61 (45%)

46 (50%)

Severity complaints

Low

25 (19%)

19 (20%)

High

110 (82%)

74 (80%)

Most troubling symptom

Sleep

23 (17%)

18 (19%)

Stress

63 (47%)

27 (29%)

Worry

49 (36%)

48 (52%)

Depressive complaints

(scale 0–24)

12.9 (4.8)

12.3 (5.4)

Sleep problems

(scale 0–20)

12.7 (5.1)

11.9 (5.6)

Stress

(scale 0–40)

23.5 (5.8)

23.2 (6.4)

Worry

(scale 11–55)

40.1 (7.9)

40.3 (8.7)

Anxiety

(scale 0–21)

11.4 (4.5)

11.2 (4.8)

Wellbeing

(scale 0–100)

25.2 (16.5)

28.6 (19.7)

Implementation-related factors

Health literacy

(scale 1–4)

3.0 (0.4)

3.0 (0.4)

Internet skill level

Good/very good

122 (90%)

83 (89%)

I have previous experience with online interventions

Yes

53 (40%)

32 (34%)

I expect the online CDMIs will reduce my complaints

Agree a little/ completely

98 (73%)

62 (67%)

I expect that I am capable of using the online CDMIs

Agree a little/ completely

121 (90%)

80 (86%)

I intend to use the CDMIs in the upcoming four weeks

Agree a little/ completely

122 (90%)

81 (87%)

  1. * Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. a Data are mean values (SD) or n (%)