Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of participant characteristics at baseline, for experimental and control condition
| Variable | Body psychotherapy group (n = 140) |
Pilates group (n = 135) |
Total (n = 275) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre, n (%) | |||
| East Londona | 41 (29) | 40 (30) | 81 (29) |
| North East Londona | 8 (6) | 8 (6) | 16 (6) |
| South London | 36 (26) | 32 (24) | 68 (25) |
| Manchester | 23 (16) | 23 (17) | 46 (17) |
| Liverpool | 32 (23) | 32 (24) | 64 (23) |
| Age, years: mean (s.d.) | 41.1 (10.1) | 43.3 (11.1) | 42.2 (10.7) |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Men | 103 (74) | 100 (74) | 203 (74) |
| Woman | 37 (26) | 35 (26) | 72 (26) |
| Ethnicity, n (%)b | |||
| White | 71 (52) | 67 (53) | 138 (52) |
| Black | 39 (29) | 38 (30) | 77 (29) |
| Asian | 13 (9) | 16 (13) | 29 (11) |
| Other | 14 (10) | 6 (5) | 20 (8) |
| Employment, n (%)c | |||
| Unemployed | 131 (94) | 132 (98) | 263 (96) |
| Other | 8 (6) | 3 (2) | 11 (4) |
| Living situation, n (%)c | |||
| Alone | 83 (60) | 73 (54) | 156 (57) |
| With others | 56 (40) | 62 (46) | 118 (43) |
| Number of children, median (IQR) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) |
| Duration of illness, median (IQR) | 12.6 (8.8) | 12.7 (9.5) | 12.6 (9.1) |
| Number of hospital admissions, median (IQR) | 3.9 (3.8) | 4.0 (4.2) | 4.0 (4.0) |
| Medication: defined daily dose, mean (s.d.) | 1.48 (1.11) | 1.71 (1.28) | 1.59 (1.20) |
IQR, interquartile range.
a.
These two centres were treated as one for the purposes of the stratified randomisation.
b.
As a result of missing data total n for the body psychotherapy group is 137, for the Pilates group 127 and for all participants 264.
c.
As a result of missing data total n for the body psychotherapy group is 139 and for all participants 274.