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. 2012 Dec;9(4):257–273.

Table 3.

Adherence to and acceptability of intervention at 6-month follow-up by age and initial PHQ-9 score


Measure Overall (n = 55) Age < 60 years (n = 24) Age ≥ 60 years (n = 31) χ2 P-value PHQ9 < 15 (n = 38) PHQ9 ≥ 15 (n = 17) χ2 P-value

Informational tools
Information brochurea 0.397* 0.259*
 Did not try n (%) 2 (3.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (6.5) 1 (2.7) 1 (5.9)
 Tried, did not find helpful n (%) 22 (40.7) 12 (50.0) 11 (35.5) 13 (35.1) 9 (52.9)
 Tried, found helpful n (%) 30 (55.6) 12 (50.0) 18 (58.0) 23 (62.2) 7 (41.2)
Internet programmes 1.000* 0.304*
 Did not try n (%) 41 (74.6) 18 (75) 23 (74.2) 30 (79) 11 (64.7)
 Tried, did not find helpful n (%) 5 (9.1) 2 (8.3) 3 (9.7) 2 (5.3) 3 (17.7)
 Tried, found helpful n (%) 9 (16.4) 4 (16.7) 5 (16.1) 6 (15.8) 3 (17.7)
Video/DVDa 0.380 0.074*
 Did not try n (%) 13 (24.1) 7 (30.4) 6 (19.4) 10 (27.0) 3 (17.7)
 Tried, did not find helpful n (%) 14 (25.9) 7 (30.4) 7 (22.6) 6 (16.2) 8 (47.1)
 Tried, found helpful n (%) 27 (50.0) 9 (39.1) 18 (58.1) 21 (56.8) 6 (35.3)
Any informational tool found helpful n (%) 39 (70.9) 15 (62.5) 24 (77.4) 0.227 30 (79) 9 (52.9) 0.062*
Behavioural tools
Action plana 1.000* 0.098*
 Did not try n (%) 17 (31.5) 8 (33.3) 9 (30.0) 10 (27.0) 7 (41.2)
 Tried, did not find helpful n (%) 7 (13.0) 3 (12.5) 4 (13.3) 3 (8.1) 4 (23.5)
 Tried, found helpful n (%) 30 (55.5) 13 (54.2) 17 (56.7) 24 (64.5) 6 (35.3)
Antidepressant Skills Workbookb 0.015* 0.224*
 Did not try n (%) 17 (32.1) 3 (13.0) 14 (46.7) 11 (29.7) 6 (37.5)
 Tried, did not find helpful n (%) 8 (15.1) 6 (26.1) 2 (6.6) 4 (10.8) 4(25.0)
 Tried, found helpful n (%) 28 (52.8) 14 (60.9) 14 (46.7) 22 (59.5) 6 (37.5)
Mood Monitoring Notebook 0.025* 0.615
 Did not try n (%) 18 (32.7) 7 (29.2) 11 (35.5) 14 (36.8) 4 (23.5)
 Tried, did not find helpful n (%) 8 (14.6) 7 (29.2) 1 (3.2) 5 (13.2) 3(17.7)
 Tried, found helpful n (%) 29 (52.7) 10 (41.7) 19 (61.3) 19 (50) 10 (58.8)
Any behavioural tool found helpful n (%) 42 (76.4) 18 (75) 24 (77.4) 0.834 31 (81.6) 11 (64.7) 0.190*
Any tool found helpful n (%) 46 (83.6) 19 (79.2) 27 (87.1) 0.482* 34 (89.5) 12 (70.6) 0.116*
Coaching
Mean number of completed coach calls (SD) 10.5 (4.0) 9.9 (3.9) 11.1 (4) 0.272** 10.9 (3.6) 9.8 (4.6) 0.332**
Mean duration of coach calls (minutes) (SD) 10.6 (3.7) 11.0 (4.2) 10.4 (3.3) 0.580 10.4 (4.1) 11.2 (2.4) 0.401
Coach calls were important n (%) 48 (90.6) 21 (91.3) 27 (90) 0.358* 35 (97.2) 13 (76.5) 0.032*
Could have used tools without coach n (%) 24 (47.1) 13 (56.5) 11 (39.3) 0.220 16 (44.4) 8 (53.3) 0.562
Satisfaction (CSQ-8) mean (SD) 25.1 (5.5) 25.2 (4.5) 25.1 (6.3) 0.983** 26.2 (4.9) 22.8 (6.1) 0.034**

* Fisher's exact test.

** t-test.

a 1 missing.

b 2 missing.