Table 3.
Comparison of respondent characteristics between the two randomised groups
| Group A | Group B | P value* | |
| Gender, female | 55.9 (1135) | 59.7 (185) | 0.216 |
| Age group | <0.001 | ||
| 16–19 years | 2.4 (49) | 2.3 (7) | |
| 20–29 years | 7.8 (158) | 9.4 (29) | |
| 30–49 years | 23.8 (482) | 37.4 (116) | |
| 50–66 years | 34.2 (694) | 31.6 (98) | |
| ≥67 years | 31.8 (646) | 19.4 (60) | |
| Time on the list of the GP | 0.526 | ||
| <1 year | 9.4 (191) | 8.4 (26) | |
| 1–2 years | 19.4 (392) | 21.3 (66) | |
| 3–4 years | 14.5 (293) | 16.1 (50) | |
| 5–10 years | 20.4 (414) | 22.3 (69) | |
| ≥11 years | 36.3 (735) | 31.9 (99) | |
| Number of consultations during past 12 months | 0.672 | ||
| 0 | 9.3 (186) | 10.1 (31) | |
| 1 | 15.7 (314) | 15.3 (47) | |
| 2–5 | 55.7 (1114) | 52.1 (160) | |
| 6–12 | 16.2 (323) | 19.2 (59) | |
| ≥13 | 3.1 (63) | 3.3 (10) | |
| Number of diagnosis codes during past 24 months | 13.8±13.5 | 12.6±10.7 | 0.083 |
| Number of unique diagnosis codes during past 24 months | 4.7±3.2 | 4.6±2.8 | 0.51 |
| Time since previous contact | 0.042 | ||
| <1 month | 36.5 (716) | 42.1 (128) | |
| 1–3 months | 32.0 (628) | 23.7 (72) | |
| 4–6 months | 13.5 (266) | 15.1 (46) | |
| 7–12 months | 9.7 (191) | 8.9 (27) | |
| >12 months | 8.3 (163) | 10.2 (31) | |
| Self-perceived physical health | 0.951 | ||
| Very poor | 1.3 (27) | 1.6 (5) | |
| Quite poor | 5.3 (108) | 5.2 (16) | |
| Both poor and good | 23.8 (481) | 22.4 (69) | |
| Quite good | 48.3 (975) | 50.3 (155) | |
| Very good | 21.2 (429) | 20.5 (63) | |
| Self-perceived mental health | 0.475 | ||
| Very poor | 1.1 (22) | 1.9 (6) | |
| Quite poor | 3.0 (60) | 3.9 (12) | |
| Both poor and good | 15.5 (313) | 15.6 (48) | |
| Quite good | 41.7 (842) | 38.0 (117) | |
| Very good | 38.7 (781) | 40.6 (125) | |
| Long-standing health problems | 0.625 | ||
| 0 | 35.7 (708) | 37.5 (115) | |
| 1 | 32.9 (653) | 34.9 (107) | |
| 2 | 19.3 (383) | 16.9 (52) | |
| 3 | 12.1 (241) | 10.7 (33) | |
| Education level | <0.001 | ||
| Elementary school | 15.6 (309) | 7.1 (22) | |
| High school | 37.4 (740) | 31.4 (97) | |
| University, 0–4 years | 25.6 (505) | 35.3 (109) | |
| University, >4 years | 21.4 (422) | 26.2 (81) | |
| Geographic origin | 0.205 | ||
| Norway | 88.6 (1756) | 89.9 (276) | |
| Asia (incl. Turkey), Africa, or Latin America | 4.8 (95) | 3.3 (10) | |
| Eastern Europe (all countries, independent of EU membership) | 3.5 (70) | 2.3 (7) | |
| Western Europe, North America or Oceania | 3.0 (60) | 4.6 (14) | |
*Pearson χ2 tests for categorical variables and independent-samples t-tests for continuous variables. Data are n (%) or mean±SD values.
EU, The European Union; GP, general practitioner.