Table 2.
Characteristics of the social worker participants by study group; numbers, percentages and averages
| Characteristics | Intervention (n = 16) |
Control (n = 14) |
Total (n = 30) |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 5 (31.2) | 1 (7.1) | 6 (20) |
| Female | 11 (68.8) | 13 (92.9) | 24 (80) |
| Post-graduate qualifications in social work | |||
| Yes | 3 (18.8) | 2 (14.3) | 5 (16.7) |
| No | 13 (81.2) | 12 (85.7) | 25 (83.3) |
| Member of Australian Association of Social Workers | |||
| Yes | 12 (75) | 9 (64.3) | 21 (70) |
| No | 4 (25) | 5 (35.7) | 9 (30) |
| Accredited mental health social worker | |||
| Yes | 4 (25) | 2 (14.3) | 6 (20) |
| No | 12 (75) | 12 (85.7) | 24 (80) |
| Sector of current main employment | |||
| Community mental health | 2 (12.5) | 3 (21.4) | 5 (16.7) |
| Community health | 2 (12.5) | 1 (7.1) | 3 (10) |
| Other community/NGO | 0 (0) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (6.7) |
| Acute mental health | 1 (6.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.3) |
| Health/hospital (other than acute mental health) | 7 (43.8) | 6 (42.9) | 13 (43.3) |
| Private practice | 2 (12.5) | 2 (14.3) | 4 (13.3) |
| Other | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (6.7) |
| Received previous training in cognitive behavioural strategies* | |||
| Basic CBT techniques | 7 (43.7) | 6 (42.9) | 13 (43.3) |
| Structured problem solving | 10 (62.5) | 6 (42.9) | 16 (53.3) |
| Slow breathing | 7 (43.7) | 4 (28.6) | 11 (36.7) |
| Activity planning | 5 (31.2) | 5 (35.7) | 10 (33.3) |
| Psychosocial assessment | 11 (68.7) | 11 (78.6) | 22 (73.3) |
| Sleep wake cycle management | 1 (6.3) | 1 (7.1) | 2 (6.7) |
* Participants were asked if they had previously received any training (a seminar/workshop or university studies) in cognitive behavioural strategies