Table 2 |
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| Therapists; total sample, intervention, and control | ||||
| Variables | Total sample | Intervention | Control | p-value |
| N = 25 | n = 8 | n = 17 | ||
| N (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Female | 16 (64%) | 5 (62.5%) | 11 (64.7%) | 0.915 |
| Age (Mean (Median, Range)) | 41.4 (38, 30–62) | 39 (34.5, 31–62) | 42.9 (41, 30–61) | 0.402 |
| Education | 0.920 | |||
| - Psychiatric nurse | 5 (23.8%) | 2 (25%) | 3 (17.6%) | |
| - Psychologist | 16 (76.2%) | 6 (75%) | 10 (58.8%) | |
| No of years worked in mental health care (Mean (Median, Range)) | 9.9 (9, 1–25) | 7.4 (5.5, 1–16) | 11.4 (10, 1–25) | 0.220 |
| No of years worked in out-patient unit (Mean (Median, Range)) | 4.6 (3, 1–16) | 3.4 (3, 1–8) | 5.4 (4, 1–16) | 0.292 |
| Heard about PCOMS prior to study (yes) | 9 (42.9%) | 3 (37.5%) | 6 (35.3%) | 0.697 |
| Attended course in PCOMS prior to study (yes) | 2 (9.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | 1 (7.7%) | 0.716 |
Numbers are N/n (%) unless otherwise stated.
For categorical variables the groups have been compared using Pearson’s chi square tests.
For continuous variables the groups have been compared using two-tailed independent t-tests.
Four treatment as usual therapists did not return the questionnaire on these variables.
Rise et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:348 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-348
