Table 1.
Sample characteristics by group and time
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Class | Baseline (n = 110) | Follow-up (n = 677) | Baseline (n = 695) | Follow-up (n = 305) |
| Gender | Male | 49 (45 %) | 310 (46 %) | 327 (47 %) | 143 (47 %) |
| Age | <40 | 53 (48 %) | 320 (47 %) | 366 (53 %) | 160 (52 %) |
| 40–49 | 19 (17 %) | 154 (23 %) | 151 (22 %) | 61 (20 %) | |
| 50–59 | 22 (20 %) | 109 (16 %) | 94 (14 %) | 46 (15 %) | |
| 60+ | 16 (15 %) | 94 (14 %) | 84 (12 %) | 38 (12 %) | |
| Index of disadvantagea | Lower half | 92 (84 %) | 606 (90 %) | 363 (53 %) | 154 (51 %) |
| Higher half | 17 (16 %) | 69 (10 %) | 328 (47 %) | 150 (49 %) | |
| Remotenessb | Major cities | 0 (0 %) | 5 (0.7 %) | 526 (76 %) | 197 (65 %) |
| Regional/remote | 109 (100 %) | 670 (99 %) | 165 (24 %) | 107 (35 %) | |
| Aboriginality | Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | 8 (7.3 %) | 88 (13 %) | 35 (5.0 %) | 21 (6.9 %) |
| Marital status | Not living with a partner | 69 (63 %) | 426 (63 %) | 530 (76 %) | 213 (70 %) |
| Living with partner | 41 (37 %) | 248 (37 %) | 165 (24 %) | 92 (30 %) | |
| Education | Some high school or less | 66 (60 %) | 338 (50 %) | 319 (46 %) | 129 (42 %) |
| Completed high school | 14 (13 %) | 93 (14 %) | 134 (19 %) | 49 (16 %) | |
| TAFE certificate or diploma | 19 (17 %) | 171 (25 %) | 157 (23 %) | 88 (29 %) | |
| University, CAE, degree or higher | 11 (10 %) | 75 (11 %) | 84 (12 %) | 39 (13 %) | |
| Employment | Employed | 17 (15 %) | 191 (28 %) | 153 (22 %) | 79 (26 %) |
| Not working | 64 (58 %) | 307 (45 %) | 381 (55 %) | 151 (50 %) | |
| Retired | 11 (10 %) | 68 (10 %) | 58 (8.3 %) | 27 (8.9 %) | |
| Other | 18 (16 %) | 111 (16 %) | 103 (15 %) | 48 (16 %) | |
| Psychiatric diagnosisc | Depression | 54 (49 %) | 443 (65 %) | 392 (56 %) | 198 (65 %) |
| Bipolar disorder | 24 (22 %) | 77 (11 %) | 139 (20 %) | 70 (23 %) | |
| Schizophrenia/psychosis | 17 (15 %) | 82 (12 %) | 207 (30 %) | 54 (18 %) | |
| Anxiety | 29 (26 %) | 268 (40 %) | 226 (33 %) | 130 (43 %) | |
| Appointments in previous 12 months | 1–2 | 34 (31 %) | 532 (79 %) | 159 (23 %) | 152 (50 %) |
| 3–11 | 47 (43 %) | 140 (21 %) | 221 (32 %) | 109 (36 %) | |
| 12+ | 29 (26 %) | 5 (<1 %) | 315 (45 %) | 44 (14 %) | |
| Risk status | Smoking | 49 (45 %) | 340 (50 %) | 355 (51 %) | 122 (40 %) |
| Physical inactivity | 49 (45 %) | 232 (34 %) | 332 (48 %) | 134 (44 %) | |
| Alcohol over consumption | 50 (45 %) | 294 (43 %) | 309 (44 %) | 126 (41 %) | |
| Fruit and vegetable under consumption | 98 (89 %) | 557 (82 %) | 611 (88 %) | 251 (82 %) | |
| Number of risks | 0 | 4 (3.6 %) | 43 (6.4 %) | 26 (3.7 %) | 19 (6.2 %) |
| 1 | 22 (20 %) | 153 (23 %) | 117 (17 %) | 67 (22 %) | |
| 2 | 35 (32 %) | 235 (35 %) | 241 (35 %) | 111 (36 %) | |
| 3 | 35 (32 %) | 184 (27 %) | 236 (34 %) | 88 (29 %) | |
| 4 | 14 (13 %) | 62 (9.2 %) | 75 (11 %) | 20 (6.6 %) | |
Denominator varies by item due to non-responses
aSEIFA index of disadvantage: lower NSW half (≤991); higher NSW half (>991)
bAccessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA)
cPercentages do not add to 100 % as participants could elect more than one diagnosis. A number of participants reported no psychiatric diagnoses (group 1: 7 at baseline, 53 at follow-up; group 2: 52 at baseline, 21 at follow-up)