Table 1. Respondent characteristics from questionnaire (n = 1172) and clinical notes review (n = 908).
| Characteristic | Eligible Patients (n = 4622) | Non-responders (n = 3449, 74.6) | Responders (n = 1172,25.3%) | Participants not consulted GP for 12 months (n = 126, 13.8%) | Symptomatic participants not consulted GP for 12 months (n = 61, 6.7%) | Symptomatic participants with no comorbidities and not consulted GP for 12 months (n = 42, 4.7%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n =) | (n =) | (%) | (n =) | (%) | (n =) | (%) | (n =) | (%) | (n =) | (%) | |||
| Gender | Male | 2704 | 2035 | 75.2 | 669 | 24.7 | 70 | 14.0 | 35 | 7.0 | 23 | 4.6 | |
| Female | 1917 | 1414 | 73.7 | 503 | 26.2 | 56 | 14.2 | 26 | 6.6 | 20 | 5.1 | ||
| Chi2 (p =) a | X2(2) = 1.669, p = 0.434 | X2 = .930(1), p = .503 | X2 = .468(1), p = .468 | X2(1) = .132, p = .417 | |||||||||
| Age group | 50–59 | 1647 | 1287 | 78.1 | 360 | 21.9 | 61 | 22.8 | 33 | 12.4 | 25 | 9.4 | |
| 60–69 | 1615 | 1167 | 72.3 | 448 | 27.7 | 39 | 11.8 | 16 | 4.8 | 12 | 3.6 | ||
| 70–79 | 945 | 682 | 72.1 | 263 | 27.8 | 18 | 9.3 | 8 | 4.1 | 2 | 1.0 | ||
| 80+ | 415 | 314 | 75.7 | 101 | 24.3 | 8 | 11.4 | 4 | 5.7 | 4 | 5.7 | ||
| Chi2 (p =) a | X2(3) = 20.356, ≤.001 | X2 = 21.315(3), p≤.001 | X2 = 16.714(3), p≤.001 | X2 = 18.519(3), p≤.001 | |||||||||
| Index of multiple deprivation | 1 –Least deprived | 749 | 545 | 72.8 | 204 | 27.2 | 13 | 19.7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7.7 | |
| 2 | 977 | 720 | 74.0 | 257 | 26.0 | 20 | 10.4 | 12 | 6.3 | 7 | 3.7 | ||
| 3 | 1537 | 1163 | 75.1 | 384 | 24.9 | 41 | 14.5 | 20 | 7.1 | 14 | 4.9 | ||
| 4 | 1036 | 785 | 75.8 | 251 | 24.2 | 28 | 14.6 | 11 | 5.8 | 6 | 3.1 | ||
| 5 –Most deprived | 313 | 237 | 75.8 | 76 | 24.2 | 24 | 14.7 | 5 | 7.6 | 11 | 6.7 | ||
| Chi2 (p =) a | X2 = (4) = 158.873p≤.001 | X2 = 3.990(4), p = .407 | X2 = .854(4), p = .931 | X2 = 4.184(4), p = .382 | |||||||||
| GP practice | Site 1 | 442 | 346 | 78.6 | 95 | 21.4 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 14.1 | 8 | 9.4 | |
| Site 2 | 459 | 329 | 71.7 | 130 | 28..3 | 8 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| Site 3 | 679 | 501 | 73.8 | 178 | 26.2 | 25 | 17.9 | 14 | 10.0 | 10 | 7.1 | ||
| Site 4 | 745 | 555 | 74.5 | 190 | 25.5 | 14 | 9.7 | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 2.1 | ||
| Site 5 | 693 | 500 | 72.2 | 193 | 27.8 | 26 | 17.4 | 11 | 7.4 | 8 | 5.4 | ||
| Site 6 | 166 | 135 | 81..3 | 31 | 18.7 | 4 | 16.7 | 3 | 12.5 | 3 | 12.5 | ||
| Site 7 | 884 | 687 | 77.7 | 197 | 22.3 | 18 | 11.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.2 | ||
| Site 8 | 554 | 396 | 71.5 | 158 | 28.5 | 14 | 13.1 | 8 | 7.5 | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| Chi2 (p =) a | - | - | - | X2(7) = p = .011 | X2(7) = 10.788, p = .148 | X2(7) = 19.208, p = .008 | X2(7) = 14.641, p = .041 | ||||||
| Current smoker | Yes | 370 | 46 | 16.2 | 28 | 9.9 | 22 | 7.8 | |||||
| No | 782 | - | 79 | 13.2 | 33 | 5.5 | 20 | 3.3 | |||||
| Chi2 (p =) a | - | X2(2) = 1.795, p = .408 | X2(2) = 6.597, p = .037 | X2(2) = 9.085, p = .011 | |||||||||
| Ethnicity | White | - | - | - | 1088 | - | 116 | 14.0 | 57 | 6.9 | 40 | 4.8 | |
| Mixed | - | - | - | 8 | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Black/ Black British | - | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Asian/ British Asian | - | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chinese | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | ||
| Other | - | - | - | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chi2 (p =) a | - | - | - | - | - | X2 = 8.140, p = .149 | X2 = 16.218, p = .006 | X2(5) = 20.995, p = .001 | |||||
| Domestic background | Married | - | - | - | 670 | - | 78 | 15.2 | 39 | 7.6 | 29 | 5.7 | |
| Single | - | - | - | 70 | - | 6 | 11.1 | 3 | 5.6 | 2 | 3.7 | ||
| Divorced/ separated | - | - | - | 169 | - | 18 | 13.8 | 10 | 7.7 | 6 | 4.6 | ||
| Widowed | - | - | - | 116 | - | 10 | 11.5 | 5 | 5.8 | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| Living with partner | - | - | - | 76 | - | 11 | 19.0 | 3 | 5.3 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| Chi2 (p =) a | - | - | - | - | X2(5) = 3.175, p = ..673 | X2(5) = 1.360, p = .929 | X2(5) = 1.642, p = .896 | ||||||
| Highest qualification | None | - | - | - | 291 | - | 20 | 9.4 | 8 | 3.8 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| GCSE/ O-Level | - | - | - | 259 | - | 32 | 15.9 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 5.5 | ||
| A-Level | - | - | - | 106 | - | 14 | 16.1 | 5 | 5.7 | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| Degree | - | - | - | 162 | - | 18 | 15.0 | 11 | 9.2 | 9 | 7.6 | ||
| MA, PhD | - | - | - | 34 | - | 8 | 25.0 | 4 | 12.9 | 3 | 9.7 | ||
| Vocational qualification | - | - | - | 198 | - | 25 | 15.2 | 12 | 7.3 | 9 | 5.5 | ||
| Chi2 (p =) a | - | - | - | - | X2(5) = 7.880, p = .163 | X2(5) = 6.584, p = .253 | X2(5) = 11.139, p = ..049 | ||||||
| Employment status | F/T employment | - | - | - | 256 | - | 44 | 22.3 | 24 | 12.2 | 18 | 9.2 | |
| P/T employment | - | - | - | 104 | - | 16 | 21.1 | 8 | 10.5 | 7 | 9.2 | ||
| Voluntary work | - | - | - | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Unemployed | - | - | - | 28 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disabled | - | - | - | 27 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Home-maker | - | - | - | 20 | - | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| Retired | - | - | - | 689 | - | 61 | 11.4 | 27 | 5.1 | 17 | 3.2 | ||
| Chi2 (p =) a | - | - | - | - | X2(8) = 25.760, p = .001 | X2(8) = 17.234, p = .028 | X2(8) = 18.603, p = .017 | ||||||
Note
a = associated trend against all respondents