Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at randomisation.

Characteristics	Control n = 397 (SE)	Intervention n = 365 (SE)
Mean age in years	42.4 (0.7)	43.5 (0.8)
Mean CIS-R score	22.9 (0.4)	24.0 (0.5)
Mean GHQ score (Likert scale)	21.6 (0.3)	22.1 (0.3)
Mean quality-of-life score	4.7 (0.1)	4.8 (0.2)
Percentage male	34 (2)	28 (2)
Percentage married/cohabiting	60 (2)	58 (3)
Percentage not in paid employment	45 (2)	44 (3)
Percentage home owners/occupiers	63 (2)	61 (3)
Percentage living comfortably	15 (2)	16 (2)
Percentage car owners	84 (2)	79 (2)
Percentage with long-standing disability/infirmity	66 (2)	61 (3)
Percentage ever prescribed antidepressants	52 (3)	49 (3)

SE= standard error.