Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for primary care patients in the PRIM-CARE RCT; intervention group (care manager) and control group (CAU)
| Intervention n=192 | Control n=184 | Total n=376 | P values | |
| Age | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 40.8 (15.0) | 41.6(15.4) | 41.2 (15.2) | 0.61 |
| Gender, n(%) | ||||
| Women | 131 (68.2) | 137 (74.5) | 268 (71.3) | 0.18 |
| Men | 61 (31.8) | 47 (25.5) | 108 (28.7) | |
| Occupation, n(%) | ||||
| Working | 137 (72.9) | 122 (66.3) | 259 (69.6) | |
| Studying | 18 (9.6) | 19 (10.3) | 37 (9.9) | |
| In search of work/other | 23 (17.6) | 43 (23.4) | 76 (20.5) | 0.52 |
| Working, n(%) | ||||
| Full-time | 157 (87.7) | 149 (87.6) | 306 (87.7) | 0.98 |
| Other (25%–75%) | 22 (12.3) | 21 (12.4) | 43 (12.3) | |
| Marital status, n(%) | ||||
| Cohabiting | 122 (67) | 122 (68) | 244 (67) | 0.82 |
| Single | 61 (33) | 58 (32) | 119 (33) | |
| Born outside of Nordic country, n(%) | 18 (9.4) | 21 (11.5) | 39 (10.4) | 0.63 |
| Educational level, n(%) | ||||
| Primary education | 17 (8.9) | 27 (14.8) | 44 (11.8) | |
| Secondary education | 103 (53.9) | 90 (49.2) | 193 (51.9) | |
| University | 71 (37.2) | 66 (36.1) | 137 (36.6) | 0.21 |
| Sick leave at baseline, n(%) | 93 (50.5) | 94 (55.0) | 187 (52.7) | 0.40 |
| Health status | ||||
| MADRS-S m(SD) | 20.8 (7.2) | 21.9 (7.1) | 21.4 (7.1) | 0.12 |
| BDI-II m(SD) | 23.9 (8.7) | 25.1 (8.5) | 24.5 (8.7) | 0.16 |
| EQ-5D m(SD) | 0.58 (0.24) | 0.56 (0.25) | 0.57 (0.24) | 0.41 |
Figures indicate numbers and percentage (%) of patients.
BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory II; CAU, care as usual; EQ-5D, EuroQoL five-dimension; MADRS-S, Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale-Self; RCT, randomised controlled trial.