Table 1.
Characteristics of trial participants
| Characteristic | Prosdex Group n (%) |
Paper Version Group n (%) |
Questionnaire Control Group n (%) |
No Questionnaire Control Group n (%) |
Total n (%) |
|
| Age group | ||||||
| 50-59 | 61 (68) | 54 (63) | 63 (61) | 58 (58) | 236 (62) | |
| 60-69 | 22 (24) | 27 (31) | 35 (34) | 36 (36) | 120 (32) | |
| 70 or over | 7 (8) | 5 (6) | 5 (5) | 6 (6) | 23 (6) | |
| Highest level of education | ||||||
| None | 9 (10) | 9 (11) | 12 (12) | 14 (14) | 44 (12) | |
| CSE or equivalent | 7 (8) | 3 (4) | 4 (4) | 5 (5) | 19 (5) | |
| O level or equivalent | 10 (11) | 16 (19) | 14 (14) | 13 (13) | 53 (14) | |
| A level or equivalent | 9 (10) | 8 (9) | 10 (10) | 12 (12) | 39 (10) | |
| Clerical or commercial | 7 (8) | 18 (21) | 22 (21) | 8 (8) | 55 (15) | |
| College or university degree | 48 (53) | 32 (37) | 41 (40) | 48 (48) | 169 (45) | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married or cohabiting | 79 (88) | 76 (88) | 90 (87) | 89 (89) | 334 (88) | |
| Widowed | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 5 (1) | |
| Never married | 3 (3) | 5 (6) | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 18 (5) | |
| Divorced or separated | 7 (8) | 5 (6) | 5 (5) | 5 (5) | 22 (6) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 89 (99) | 83 (98) | 97 (95) | 98 (99) | 367 (98) | |
| Black African | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | |
| Indian | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | |
| Mixed race | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 5 (1) | |
| Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) | |