Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of young people who did and did not complete the baseline and follow-up surveys, respectively.
| Characteristics | Baseline not completed (n=671) | Baseline completed (n=560) | P value | Follow-up not completed (n=227) | Follow-up completed (n=318) | P value | |
| Gender, n (%) |
|
|
.51 |
|
|
.45 | |
|
|
Male | 87 (13.0) | 61 (10.9) |
|
24 (10.6) | 37 (11.6) |
|
|
|
Female | 573 (85.5) | 488 (87.3) |
|
201 (88.9) | 273 (85.8) |
|
|
|
Other | 10 (1.5) | 10 (1.8) |
|
1 (0.4) | 8 (2.5) |
|
|
|
Missinga | 1 | 1 |
|
1 | 0 |
|
| Age (years), n (%) |
|
|
<.01 |
|
|
.35 | |
|
|
15-17 | 283 (42.2) | 135 (24.1) |
|
60 (26.4) | 69 (21.7) |
|
|
|
18-20 | 139 (20.7) | 146 (26.1) |
|
62 (27.4) | 79 (24.8) |
|
|
|
21-23 | 143 (21.3) | 178 (31.8) |
|
63 (27.9) | 112 (35.2) |
|
|
|
24-25 | 106 (15.8) | 101 (18.0) |
|
42 (18.6) | 58 (18.2) |
|
|
|
Mean age (SD) | 19.2 (0.13) | 20.3 (0.13) |
|
20.1 (0.20) | 20.5 (0.17) |
|
| Occupation, n (%) |
|
|
<.01 |
|
|
.17 | |
|
|
Employed | 99 (14.9) | 85 (15.2) |
|
43 (18.9) | 42 (13.2) |
|
|
|
Unemployed | 24 (3.6) | 28 (5.0) |
|
11 (4.8) | 16 (5.0) |
|
|
|
Student (primary school) | 129 (19.5) | 41 (7.3) |
|
18 (7.9) | 20 (6.3) |
|
|
|
Student (postsecondary education) | 214 (32.3) | 163 (29.1) |
|
71 (31.3) | 86 (27.0) |
|
|
|
Student (higher education) | 167 (25.2) | 215 (38.4) |
|
74 (32.6) | 136 (42.8) |
|
|
|
Other | 30 (4.5) | 28 (5.0) |
|
10 (4.4) | 18 (5.7) |
|
|
|
Missinga | 8 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 |
|
| Cohabitation, n (%) |
|
|
<.01 |
|
|
.90 | |
|
|
Lives with parents (who live together) | 228 (35.3) | 148 (26.9) |
|
61 (27.6) | 84 (26.8) |
|
|
|
Lives with parents in shifts | 52 (8.0) | 20 (3.6) |
|
9 (4.1) | 9 (2.9) |
|
|
|
Lives with 1 parent | 101 (15.6) | 76 (13.8) |
|
32 (14.5) | 39 (12.4) |
|
|
|
Lives with a partner or friend | 116 (18.0) | 123 (22.4) |
|
47 (21.3) | 73 (23.2) |
|
|
|
Lives in a dormitory | 64 (9.9) | 71 (12.9) |
|
26 (11.8) | 44 (14.0) |
|
|
|
Lives alone | 63 (98) | 88 (16.0) |
|
38 (17.2) | 49 (15.6) |
|
|
|
Other | 22 (3.4) | 24 (4.4) |
|
8 (3.6) | 16 (5.1) |
|
|
|
Missinga | 25 | 10 |
|
6 | 4 |
|
| Well-being (WHOb Well-Being Index), n (%) |
|
|
.39 |
|
|
.26 | |
|
|
Not in the risk zone (>50 points) | 167 (33.2) | 198 (35.7) |
|
86 (38.4) | 106 (33.7) |
|
|
|
Risk zone (≤50 points) | 336 (66.8) | 356 (64.3) |
|
138 (61.6) | 209 (66.3) |
|
|
|
Missinga | 168 | 6 |
|
3 | 3 |
|
| Have or have had a mental illness diagnosed by a general practitioner or psychologist, n (%) |
|
|
.17 |
|
|
.44 | |
|
|
Yes | 52 (7.7) | 275 (49.6) |
|
104 (46.4) | 166 (52.7) |
|
|
|
No | 48 (7.2) | 269 (48.6) |
|
116 (51.8) | 143 (45.4) |
|
|
|
Do not want to answer | 5 (0.7) | 10 (1.8) |
|
4 (1.8) | 6 (1.9) |
|
|
|
Missinga | 566 | 6 |
|
3 | 3 |
|
| Impacted by the mental illness within the past 12 months, among participants with a mental illness, n (%) |
|
|
.17 |
|
|
.05 | |
|
|
Yes, daily | 29 (55.8) | 135 (49.1) |
|
44 (42.3) | 87 (52.4) |
|
|
|
Yes, weekly | 16 (30.8) | 77 (28.0) |
|
39 (37.5) | 38 (22.9) |
|
|
|
Yes, but less than weekly | 7 (13.5) | 39 (14.2) |
|
11 (10.6) | 28 (16.9) |
|
|
|
No | 0 (0) | 24 (8.7) |
|
10 (9.6) | 13 (7.8) |
|
| Use of the internet if having a hard time, n (%) |
|
|
.31 |
|
|
.92 | |
|
|
Yes, often | 189 (31.2) | 148 (26.4) |
|
61 (26.9) | 83 (26.1) |
|
|
|
Yes, sometimes | 323 (53.4) | 314 (56.1) |
|
125 (55.1) | 183 (57.5) |
|
|
|
No, not at all | 80 (13.2) | 83 (14.8) |
|
36 (15.9) | 44 (13.8) |
|
|
|
Do not have a hard time | 13 (2.1) | 15 (2.7) |
|
5 (2.2) | 8 (2.5) |
|
|
|
Missinga | 66 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 |
|
aMissing entries were not included in the calculations of percentages, and therefore, percentages are not listed for missing.
bWHO: World Health Organization.