Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and characteristics of those followed up compared with original randomised sample
| Baseline characteristics | Booklet | Summary card | Control | Review of notes
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Questionnaire at 1 year
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Followed up | Not followed up | Followed up | Not followed up | |||||
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 37 (20) | 37 (20) | 38 (20) | 38 (20) | 31 (18) | 40 (21) | 34 (19) | |
| No (%) female | 487 (49) | 514 (53) | 493 (50) | 1494 (50) | 336 (52) | 1062 (54) | 768 (47) | |
| Occupational status (median (interquartile range)): | ||||||||
| Non-manual* | 0.50 (0.30 to 0.66) | 0.50 (0.29 to 0.66) | 0.52 (0.31 to 0.67) | 0.53 (0.35 to 0.68) | 0.37 (0.20 to 0.53) | 0.54 (0.36 to 0.70) | 0.45 (0.24 to 0.63) | |
| Retired* | 0.21 (0.10 to 0.35) | 0.21 (0.10 to 0.33) | 0.22 (0.11 to 0.34) | 0.22 (0.11 to 0.35) | 0.20 (0.07 to 0.32) | 0.21 (0.10 to 0.33) | 0.21 (0.11 to 0.35) | |
| Economically inactive* | 0.10 (0.03 to 0.21) | 0.10 (0.04 to 0.22) | 0.10 (0.04 to 0.21) | 0.10 (0.03 to 0.20) | 0.13 (0.07 to 0.27) | 0.09 (0.03 to 0.19) | 0.12 (0.05 to 0.25) | |
| No (%)† consulting in past year for: | ||||||||
| Acute respiratory conditions (⩾once) | 189 (19) | 224 (23) | 213 (22) | — | — | — | — | |
| Minor illness (⩾twice) | 255 (26) | 289 (30) | 272 (28) | — | — | — | — | |
| All consultations (⩾5 times) | 279 (28) | 279 (29) | 299 (30) | — | — | — | — | |
*
For each individual: from census data linked to postcodes we derived the proportions of individuals in non-manual work, retired, or economically inactive in their postal enumeration district. †Percentages of participants who had notes reviewed.