TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients and children at baseline, stratified by study group
| Baseline characteristic | FTI | LTC | IAU | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | n | |||||
| Patients | |||||||
| Age, M (SD) a | 18 | 43.11 (8.49) | 12 | 39 (6.33) | 27 | 41.26 (7.10) | 0.337 |
| Gender, female (%) | 13 | 68 | 7 | 58 | 20 | 71 | 0.713 |
| Children in family, M (SD) a | 18 | 2.11 (0.96) | 12 | 2.08 (1.00) | 28 | 2.04 (0.79) | 0.960 |
| Civil status (%) | |||||||
| Single | 5 | 28 | 6 | 54.5 | 5 | 18.5 | 0.085 |
| Married/in a relationship | 13 | 72 | 5 | 45.5 | 22 | 81.5 | |
| Social status (%) | |||||||
| Average–high, ≥30 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 32 | 0.125 |
| Low, <30 | 8 | 42 | 9 | 75 | 19 | 68 | |
| Reason for contact with psychiatry (%) | |||||||
| Depression/anxiety | 7 | 37 | 9 | 75 | 19 | 68 | 0.051 |
| Bipolar | 12 | 63 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 32 | |
| Children | |||||||
| Age, M (SD) a | 35 | 12.37 (2.70) | 15 | 11.47 (2.45) | 36 | 11.36 (2.96) | 0.277 |
| Gender, female (%) | 16 | 46 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 44 | 0.773 |
| Previous CAMHS contact (%) | |||||||
| Yes | 4 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 0.057 |
| No | 31 | 89 | 14 | 93 | 24 | 69 | |
| Living arrangement (%) | |||||||
| Both parents | 25 | 71 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 44 | 0.065 |
| Alternating b | 8 | 23 | 8 | 53 | 12 | 33 | |
| Mainly one parent | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 17 | |
| Only one parent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Custody (%) | |||||||
| Joint | 34 | 97 | 14 | 93 | 31 | 89 | 0.323 |
| Sole | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
Note: The sum of percentages is out by 1% due to rounding for LTC Living arrangement and IAU Custody.
Abbreviations: CAMHS, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; FTI, Family Talk Intervention; IAU, Interventions as Usual; LTC, Let's Talk about Children.
a
Mean and standard deviation are shown instead of percentage.
b
Living equal amounts of time alternating between separated parents.