Table 2.
Socio-demographic, clinical and treatment profiles of all ATAPS and headspace clients, and those with pre- and post-treatment outcomes, July 2009 to June 2012
| All ATAPS (N = 20,156) | ATAPS with pre- and post treatment outcomes (N = 1303) | All headspace (N = 17,337) | headspace with pre- and post treatment outcomes (N = 1326) | Difference between all ATAPS and all headspace | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent difference (95% CI) | p value | |||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Socio-demographic characteristics | ||||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 6250 | 31.0 | 363 | 27.9 | 6741 | 38.9 | 530 | 40.0 | −7.9 (−6.9 to −8.9) | <0.0001 |
| Female | 13,906 | 69.0 | 940 | 72.1 | 10,596 | 61.1 | 796 | 60.0 | 7.9 (6.9 to 8.9) | <0.0001 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 12–14 | 2801 | 13.9 | 149 | 11.4 | 3356 | 19.4 | 295 | 22.2 | −5.5 (−4.7 to −6.3) | <0.0001 |
| 15–17 | 4657 | 23.1 | 319 | 24.5 | 6406 | 36.9 | 509 | 38.4 | −13.8 (−12.9 to −14.7) | <0.0001 |
| 18–21 | 6584 | 32.7 | 422 | 32.4 | 5034 | 29.0 | 347 | 26.2 | 3.7 (2.8 to 4.6) | <0.0001 |
| 22–25 | 6114 | 30.3 | 413 | 31.7 | 2541 | 14.7 | 175 | 13.2 | 15.6 (14.8 to 16.4) | <0.0001 |
| Indigeneity | ||||||||||
| Indigenous | 941 | 4.7 | 41 | 3.1 | 885 | 5.1 | 49 | 3.7 | −0.04 (−0.004 to −0.08) | 0.0732 |
| Not indigenous | 15,842 | 78.6 | 1135 | 87.1 | 14,213 | 82.0 | 1158 | 87.3 | −3.4 (−2.6 to −4.2) | <0.0001 |
| Unknown | 3373 | 16.7 | 127 | 9.7 | 2239 | 12.9 | 119 | 9.0 | 3.8 (3.1 to 4.5) | <0.0001 |
| Remoteness area | ||||||||||
| Major city | 10,190 | 50.6 | 795 | 61.0 | 10,683 | 61.6 | 831 | 62.7 | −11.0 (−10.0 to −12.0) | <0.0001 |
| Inner regional | 5265 | 26.1 | 371 | 28.5 | 4075 | 23.5 | 385 | 29.0 | 2.6 (1.7 to 3.5) | <0.0001 |
| Outer regional/remote/very remote | 3391 | 16.8 | 99 | 7.6 | 2506 | 14.5 | 108 | 8.1 | 2.3 (1.6 to 3.0) | <0.0001 |
| Unknown | 1260 | 6.3 | 38 | 2.9 | 73 | 0.4 | 2 | .2 | 5.9 (5.5 to 6.2) | <0.0001 |
| Incomea | ||||||||||
| Low income | 13,435 | 66.7 | 908 | 69.7 | 3936 | 22.7 | 291 | 21.9 | 44.0 (43.1 to 45.0) | <0.0001 |
| Not low income | 2514 | 12.5 | 203 | 15.6 | 8667 | 50.0 | 721 | 54.4 | −37.5 (−36.6 to −38.4) | <0.0001 |
| Unknown | 4207 | 20.9 | 192 | 14.7 | 3111 | 17.9 | 265 | 20.0 | 3.0 (2.2 to 3.8) | <0.0001 |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||||||||
| Previous history of mental health care | ||||||||||
| No previous history of mental health care | 8822 | 43.8 | 589 | 45.2 | 1689 | 9.7 | 244 | 18.4 | 34.1 (33.3 to 35.0) | <0.0001 |
| Previous history of mental health care | 6833 | 33.9 | 506 | 38.8 | 1481 | 8.5 | 202 | 15.2 | 25.4 (24.6 to 26.2) | <0.0001 |
| Unknown | 4501 | 22.3 | 208 | 16.0 | 14167 | 81.7 | 880 | 66.4 | −59.4 (−58.6 to −60.4) | <0.0001 |
| Pre-treatment K-10 | ||||||||||
| Low (10–15) | 248 | 1.2 | 62 | 4.8 | 733 | 4.2 | 90 | 6.8 | −3.0 (−2.7 to −3.3) | <0.0001 |
| Moderate (16–21) | 590 | 2.9 | 119 | 9.1 | 1279 | 7.4 | 187 | 14.1 | −4.5 (−4.0 to −5.0) | <0.0001 |
| High (22–29) | 1790 | 8.9 | 411 | 31.5 | 2365 | 13.6 | 411 | 31.0 | −4.7 (−4.1 to −5.3) | <0.0001 |
| Very high (30–50) | 3497 | 17.3 | 711 | 54.6 | 3858 | 22.3 | 638 | 48.1 | −5.0 (−4.2 to −5.8) | <0.0001 |
| Unknown | 14,031 | 69.6 | – | – | 9102 | 52.5 | – | – | 17.1 (16.1 to 18.1) | <0.0001 |
| Treatment profile | ||||||||||
| Number of psychological sessions | ||||||||||
| 2–3 | 6370 | 31.6 | 136 | 10.4 | 6584 | 38.0 | 258 | 19.5 | −6.4 (−5.4 to −7.4) | <0.0001 |
| 4–5 | 4713 | 23.4 | 202 | 15.5 | 3669 | 21.2 | 244 | 18.4 | 2.2 (1.4 to 3.0) | <0.0001 |
| 6 | 4455 | 22.1 | 461 | 35.4 | 1313 | 7.6 | 150 | 11.3 | 14.5 (13.8 to 15.2) | <0.0001 |
| 7–12 | 3876 | 19.2 | 414 | 31.8 | 3660 | 21.1 | 418 | 31.5 | −1.9 (−1.1 to −2.7) | <0.0001 |
| 13–18 | 742 | 3.7 | 90 | 6.9 | 2111 | 12.2 | 256 | 19.3 | −8.5 (−7.9 to −9.0) | <0.0001 |
| Treatment received | ||||||||||
| Received CBT in at least one sessionb | 13525 | 67.1 | 981 | 75.3 | 10,110 | 58.3 | 1045 | 78.8 | 8.8 (7.8 to 9.7) | <0.0001 |
ATAPS Access to Allied Psychological Services, CBT cognitive behavioural therapy
aLow income is determined according to GP judgement in ATAPS and by being in receipt of a government benefit in headspace
bIncludes behavioural interventions and/or cognitive interventions, with or without diagnostic assessment, psycho-education, relaxation strategies, skills training and/or interpersonal therapy