Evaluation of an implementation support package to increase community mental health clinicians’ routine delivery of preventive care for multiple health behaviours: a non-randomised controlled trial

Regan, Casey; Bartlem, Kate; Fehily, Caitlin; Campbell, Elizabeth; Lecathelinais, Christophe; Doherty, Emma; Wolfenden, Luke; Clancy, Richard; Fogarty, Marcia; Conrad, Agatha; Bowman, Jenny

doi:10.1186/s43058-023-00509-0

Implementation Science Communications

Table 2 Sample characteristics by group and time

From: Evaluation of an implementation support package to increase community mental health clinicians’ routine delivery of preventive care for multiple health behaviours: a non-randomised controlled trial

Variable		Control				Target
		Baseline (N = 168)		Follow-up (N = 164)		Baseline (N = 261)		Follow-up (N = 267)
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender	Female	97	57.74	101	61.59	164	62.84	149	55.81
	Male	71	42.26	63	38.41	95	36.40	117	43.82
	Transgender or gender non-conforming	0	0.00	0	0.00	2	0.77	1	0.37
Age	18–24	22	13.10	17	10.37	43	16.48	42	15.73
	25–34	36	21.43	33	20.12	57	21.84	67	25.09
	35–44	34	20.24	39	23.78	57	21.84	51	19.10
	45–54	46	27.38	44	26.83	56	21.46	53	19.85
	55 +	30	17.86	31	18.90	48	18.39	54	20.22
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander		35	20.83	22	13.41	24^a	8.99	24	8.99
Employment status	Employed full time	11	6.55	16	9.76	23	8.81	22	8.24
	Employed part time or casual	27	16.07	28	17.07	36	13.79	49	18.35
	Unemployed	39	23.21	36	21.95	48	18.39	56	20.97
	Can’t work — health reasons	71	42.26	57	34.76	118	45.21	93	34.83
	Other	20	11.90	27	16.46	36	13.79	46	17.23
Marital status	Never married	97	57.74	70	42.68	132	50.57	131	49.06
	Married or living together in a relationship	29	17.26	43	26.22	69	26.44	79	29.59
	Other (separated, divorced, widowed)	42	25.00	51	31.10	60	22.99	56	20.97
Education level	Some high school or less	22	13.10	22	13.41	27	10.34	28	10.49
	School certificate, Intermediate, Year 10, 4th Form	47	27.98	31	18.90	67	25.67	67	25.09
	Completed HSC, Leaving, Year 12 or 6th Form	26	15.48	27	16.46	43	16.48	38	14.23
	TAFE certificate or diploma	57	33.93	64	39.02	104	39.85	96	35.96
	University, CAE, Degree or higher	16	9.52	20	12.20	20	7.66	34	12.73
Mental health condition^c	Depression	108	64.29	88	53.66	159	60.92	107	40.07
	Anxiety	92	54.76	82	50.00	139	53.26	95	35.58
	Schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder	41	24.40	39	23.78	82	31.42	69	25.84
	Bipolar disorder	33	19.64	36	21.95	57	21.84	51	19.10
	Personality disorder	22	13.10	17	10.37	46	17.62	33	12.36
	Post-traumatic stress disorder	23	13.69	30	18.29	39	14.94	43	16.10
	Substance use disorder	14	8.33	5	3.05	16	6.13	9	3.37
	Eating disorder	6	3.57	2	1.22	21	8.05	18	6.74
Risk status^e	Smoking	100/168	59.52	85/164	51.83	129/261	49.43	109/267	40.82
	Alcohol overconsumption^d	80/168	47.62	77/164	46.95	114/261	43.68	89/267	33.33
	Physical inactivity	150/168	89.29	149/164	90.85	244/261	93.49	235/267	88.01
	Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake^b	157/162	96.91	159/162	98.15	234/240	97.50	240/249	96.39
Number of risks^f	1	6	3.70	5	3.09	10	4.17	17	6.83
	2	43	26.54	50	30.86	76	31.67	101	40.56
	3	69	42.59	62	38.27	89	37.08	102	40.96
	4	44	27.16	44	27.16	65	27.08	29	11.65
		M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Appointments^a	In person	3.5	4.3	1.5	1.8	4.4	5.9	1.5	2.9
	Telehealth	1.3	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.2	3.8	4	3.9
	Total	4.8	6.6	4	3.5	6.5	8.5	5.5	5.5

^aMean number of appointments during the previous 4 months to interview
^bParticipants who reported an eating disorder did not have fruit and vegetable intake measured
^cParticipants could elect multiple responses for mental health condition
^dParticipants were considered at risk for alcohol overconsumption if they consumed more than 10 standard drinks per week (chronic risk) or more than 4 standard drinks per day (acute risk)
^eParticipants who were coded at-risk when they responded ‘don’t know’ ranged from n = 0 (physical activity at baseline and smoking at baseline and follow-up) to n = 8 (inadequate fruit and vegetable intake at follow-up)
^fN = 1 participant had zero risk behaviours (control follow-up)

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