Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants
| Demographic characteristics | Total | Intervention | Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 56) | (n = 27) | (n = 29) | |||
| n (%) | n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 15 (26.8) | 5 | 18.5 | 10 | 34.5 |
| Female | 41 (73.2) | 22 | 81.5 | 19 | 65.5 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 20 (35.7) | 11 | 40.7 | 9 | 30.9 |
| Married/de facto | 36 (64.3) | 16 | 59.3 | 20 | 69.0 |
| Highest level of educational attainment | |||||
| Primary school (years 1-6) | 20 (35.8) | 6 | 22.2 | 14 | 48.3 |
| Secondary & high school | |||||
| (years 7-12) | 16 (29.4) | 8 | 29.6 | 8 | 27.6 |
| Technical & higher education (post year 12) | 20 (35.8) | 13 | 48.1 | 7 | 24.1 |
| Occupational status | |||||
| Studying | 4 (7.1) | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Paid employment | 46 (82.2) | 20 | 74.1 | 26 | 89.7 |
| Retired or Unemployed | 6 (10.7) | 4 | 14.8 | 2 | 6.8 |
| Occupational type | |||||
| Skilled | 24 (42.9) | 17 | 62.9 | 13 | 44.8 |
| Unskilled | 22 (39.2) | 3 | 11.1 | 13 | 44.8 |
| Others | 10 (17.9) | 7 | 25.9 | 3 | 10.3 |
| Combined psychological and medication therapy | |||||
| Yes | 10 (17.9) | 4 | 14.8 | 6 | 20.7 |
| No | 46 (82.1) | 23 | 85.2 | 23 | 79.3 |
| Frequency of outpatient appointments | |||||
| Monthly or more frequent | 44 (78.6) | 21 | 77.8 | 23 | 79.3 |
| Less frequent than monthly | 12 (21.4) | 6 | 22.2 | 6 | 20.6 |
| Age (years) | M | SD | M | SD | |
| M | 42.1 | 39.4 | 10.1 | 44.7 | 8.8 |
| SD | 9.7 | ||||
| Min | 18.0 | ||||
| Max | 58.0 | ||||