Table 1:

Characteristics of the sample by group^*

Variable	Healthy peers	Newly identified needs	Typical treatment†
Proposed sample size	205	45	60
Sample size	134	35	58
Age, yr,‡ mean ± SD	13.1 ± 2.8	13.1 ± 2.8	12.2 ± 3.1
Female,§ %	52.2	71.4	59.6

Note: ACHWM = Aaniish Naa Gegii: the Children’s Health and Well-being Measure, SD = standard deviation.

^*There were no missing data for variables of interest.

^†The number of days between start of treatment and completing the ACHWM was available for 42 of the children in the typical treatment group, who had a median interval of 3.5 (interquartile range 0–20) days, and 37% completed the ACHWM at the start of treatment.

^‡There were no significant age differences between the groups (analysis of variance adjusted R² = 0.0069, p = 0.2).

^§There were no significant gender differences between the groups (χ² = 4.38, p = 0.1).