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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of selected group of 12 patients per clinic

From: Short structured general mental health in service training programme in Kenya improves patient health and social outcomes but not detection of mental health problems - a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

Variable

Control

Intervention

Difference (95% CI)

P-value

Patient factors

n = 475

n = 453

  

Female (*)

361 (76%)

329 (73%)

0.81 (0.52, 1.24)

0.36

Age (continuous) (**)

32.8 (13.2)

34.6 (14.5)

1.7 (−0.6, 4.0)

0.16

Age 36+ (*)

89 (38%)

242 (35%)

1.37 (0.99, 1.90)

0.06

Single/Divorced/Widowed (*)

83 (18%)

122 (27%)

1.87 (1.22, 2.87)

0.004

Not Luo tribe (*)

24 (5%)

14 (3%)

0.69 (0.14, 2.49)

0.64

4+ children (*)

199 (42%)

191 (42%)

1.01 (0.72, 1.43)

0.95

Left education aged 17+ (*)

201 (44%)

172 (40%)

0.88 (0.61, 1.26)

0.47

  1. (*) Number (%) presented for each group. Differences between groups presented as odds ratio.
  2. (**) Mean (SD) presented for each group. Mean difference between groups also reported.