Table 1.
Distribution of age, gender, and diagnostic category among the study group participants.
| Variables, n (%) | Intervention groups | Value (df) | P value | |||||
| SMSa (N=302) | SMS with or without PSSb (N=342) | TAUc (N=426) | Total (N=1070) | |||||
| Chi-square test | 41.64 (4) | <.01 | ||||||
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≤25 | 111 (36.8) | 169 (49.4) | 115 (27.0) | 395 (36.9) |
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26-40 | 105 (34.8) | 97 (28.4) | 163 (38.3) | 365 (34.1) |
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>40 | 86 (28.5) | 76 (22.2) | 148 (34.7) | 310 (29.0) |
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Gender, n (%) | 2.96 (4) | .57 | |||||
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Male | 121 (40.1) | 140 (40.9) | 191 (44.8) | 452 (42.2) |
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Female | 174 (57.6) | 190 (55.6) | 222 (52.1) | 586 (54.8) |
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Other gender | 7 (2.3) | 12 (3.5) | 13 (3.1) | 32 (3.0) |
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Primary mental health diagnosis, n (%) | 0.44 (4) | .98 | |||||
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Depression or anxiety | 180 (59.8) | 204 (59.6) | 255 (59.9) | 639 (59.8) |
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Psychosis | 46 (15.3) | 58 (17.0) | 69 (16.2) | 173 (16.2) |
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Substance use disorder, personality disorder or other | 75 (24.9) | 80 (23.4) | 102 (23.9) | 257 (24.0) |
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| ANOVA Test, (F test) | ||||||||
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Age (years), mean (95% CI values) | 33.57 (32.04-35.10) | 30.90 (29.52-32.29) | 36.97 (35.57-38.36) | 34.07 (33.23-34.91) | 18.53 (2,1067) | <.01 | |
aSMS: supportive text messaging.
bPSS: peer support service.
cTAU: treatment as usual.