Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the control and intervention groups (% or standard deviation)

	Control n = 1071	Intervention n = 1052	P value
Men	607 (57%)	571 (54%)	0.31
Mean age	45.7 (SD 14.3)	46.7 (SD 22.0)	0.45
Asylum seeker	31 (2.9%)	30 (2.8%)	1.0
Uninsured	245 (22.9%)	226 (21.5%)	0.47
Type of follow-up
New	102 (9.5%)	93 (8.8%)
<1yr	652 (60.9%)	660 (62.7)
>1 yr	40 (3.7%)	38 (3.6%)
Post ED visit	31 (2.9%)	27 (2.6%)	0.92
Health care provider
Junior doctor	626 (58.5%)	641 (60.9%)
Senior doctor	117 (10.9%)	112 (10.7%)
Dietician	55 (5.1%)	34 (3.2%)	0.16
Specific comorbidities:
Depression	179 (16.7%)	155 (14.7%)	0.21
Psychosis	9 (0.8%)	15 (1.4%)	0.23
Addiction	51 (4.8%)	70 (6.7%)	0.06

ED = Emergency department