2 (a). Comparison of the 325 included in the analysis with the 75 randomised but not included in the analysis by intervention factors
| Interactive | Automatic | Personal | General | Anxiety Management Advice | No Anxiety Management Advice | ALL |
Randomised | 199 | 201 | 201 | 199 | 199 | 201 | 400 |
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Completed intervention | 190 | 194 | 193 | 191 | 188 | 196 | 384 (96%) |
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Completed follow-up and included | 164 (82%) | 161 (80%) | 167 (83%) | 158 (79%) | 154 (77%) | 171 (84%) | 325 (81%) |
Fewer allocated to the Anxiety Management Advice intervention, than allocated to No Anxiety Management Advice, completed follow-up (77% vs 84%; c 2=3.9; p=0.05).
2 (b). Comparison of the 325 included in the analysis with the 75 randomised but not included in the analysis, by age, gender, HADS, and HSSQ.
Completing follow-up and included in data analysis | Not completing follow up (52) or excluded from analysis for missing data (19) or for clarity of results (4) | P-value from crosstabulation and c 2 (number included in analysis) | |
Number patients | 325 | 75 | |
Gender | |||
Male | 81% | 19% | 0.88 (400) |
Female | 82% | 18% | |
Age | |||
60+ | 51% | 61% | 0.11 (400) |
<60 | 49% | 39% | |
HADS anxiety | |||
Case or probable case (>=8) | 31% | 42% | 0.08 (382) |
Non case (<8) | 69% | 58% | |
HADS depression | |||
Case or probable case (>=8) | 13% | 22% | 0.07 (383) |
Non case (<8) | 87% | 78% | |
Social Support (Instrumental) | |||
Worst quintile | 19% | 29% | 0.06 (381) |
Rest | 81% | 71% | |
Social Support (Informational) | |||
Worst quintile | 23% | 24% | 0.78 (377) |
Rest | 77% | 76% | |
Social Support (Emotional) | |||
Worst quintile | 21% | 31% | 0.11 (381) |
Rest | 79% | 69% | |
Negative Interactions | |||
Worst quintile | 21% | 28% | 0.33 (360) |
Rest | 79% | 72% | |