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. 2016 Apr 2;11:46. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0408-4

Table 3.

Levels of preventive care at baseline and follow-up, and estimates of the intervention effect, for each group

Group 1 Group 2
Outcome Baseline (n = 110) Follow-up (n = 677) Intervention effect p value Baseline (n = 695) Follow-up (n = 303) Intervention effect p value
Odds ratio (95 % CI) Odds ratio (95 % CI)
Risk assessment
 Smoking 95 (86 %) 554 (82 %) 0.61 (0.22–1.68) 0.340 515 (74 %) 251 (82 %) 1.27 (0.50–3.23) 0.621
 Nutrition 17 (15 %) 241 (36 %) 2.83 (1.11–7.22) 0.030 174 (25 %) 116 (38 %) 2.47 (0.98–6.19) 0.054
 Alcohol 89 (81 %) 554 (82 %) 0.78 (0.30–2.04) 0.613 543 (78 %) 266 (87 %) 2.78 (1.02–7.56) 0.045
 Physical activity 66 (60 %) 387 (57 %) 0.72 (0.33–1.57) 0.410 401 (58 %) 188 (62 %) 1.49 (0.65–3.39) 0.343
 All risks combined 14 (13 %) 202 (30 %) 2.65 (0.99–7.08) 0.053 132 (19 %) 95 (31 %) 3.75 (1.36–10.34) 0.011
Brief advicea
 Smoking 34 (61 %) 217 (64 %) 1.46 (0.47–4.52) 0.510 241 (68 %) 81 (66 %) 1.93 (0.55–6.80) 0.308
 Nutrition 18 (18 %) 177 (32 %) 5.55 (1.98–15.55) 0.001 168 (27 %) 90 (36 %) 2.07 (0.78–5.52) 0.144
 Alcohol 26 (52 %) 158 (54 %) 1.51 (0.50–4.55) 0.466 196 (63 %) 80 (63 %) 1.26 (0.35–4.56) 0.726
 Physical activity 28 (57 %) 120 (52 %) 0.42 (0.12–1.49) 0.179 206 (62 %) 71 (53 %) 0.38 (0.11–1.31) 0.125
 All applicable risks combined 15 (14 %) 162 (26 %) 2.32 (0.85–6.33) 0.100 170 (25 %) 88 (31 %) 1.08 (0.42–2.80) 0.876
Referrala
 Smoking referral (any)b 21 (38 %) 160 (47 %) 1.49 (0.49–4.56) 0.482 152 (43 %) 64 (52 %) 2.64 (0.80–8.70) 0.110
 Nutrition referral (any)c 11 (11 %) 114 (20 %) 1.59 (0.54–4.74) 0.402 117 (19 %) 60 (24 %) 1.32 (0.44–3.97) 0.618
 Alcohol referral (any)d 19 (38 %) 102 (35 %) 0.84 (0.27–2.68) 0.773 108 (35 %) 51 (40 %) 1.50 (0.40–5.57) 0.544
 Physical activity Referral (any)c 9 (18 %) 68 (29 %) 6.37 (1.44–28.25) 0.015 114 (34 %) 45 (34 %) 0.54 (0.16–1.88) 0.334
 Referral—all applicable risks (any)b,c,d 0 (0 %) 8 (1.3 %) 1.02 (0.02–58.88) 0.993 0 (0 %) 4 (1.4 %) -e -e
 Letter to primary care provider 44 (40 %) 156 (23 %) 0.81 (0.35 –1.91) 0.637 162 (23 %) 71 (23 %) 1.04 (0.40–2.68) 0.940

aOf participants who reported being at-risk for each relevant behaviour

bIncludes the following: clinician spoke about NSW Quitline, offered to arrange for NSW Quitline to call them, recommended they speak to their primary care provider or advised them to use any other support

cIncludes the following: clinician spoke about NSW Get Healthy Service, offered to arrange for NSW Get Healthy Service to call them, recommended they speak to their primary care provider or advised them to use any other support

dIncludes the following: recommended they speak to their primary care provider or advised them to use any other support

eIntervention effect could not be modelled meaningfully due to small sample size