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Table 2 Socio-demographic, clinical and treatment profiles of all ATAPS and headspace clients, and those with pre- and post-treatment outcomes, July 2009 to June 2012

From: Complementary primary mental health programs for young people in Australia: Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) and headspace

 

All ATAPS (N = 20,156)

ATAPS with pre- and post treatment outcomes (N = 1303)

All headspace (N = 17,337)

headspace with pre- and post treatment outcomes (N = 1326)

Difference between all ATAPS and all headspace

Percent difference (95% CI)

p value

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Socio-demographic characteristics

 Gender

  Male

6250

31.0

363

27.9

6741

38.9

530

40.0

−7.9 (−6.9 to −8.9)

<0.0001

  Female

13,906

69.0

940

72.1

10,596

61.1

796

60.0

7.9 (6.9 to 8.9)

<0.0001

 Age (years)

  12–14

2801

13.9

149

11.4

3356

19.4

295

22.2

−5.5 (−4.7 to −6.3)

<0.0001

  15–17

4657

23.1

319

24.5

6406

36.9

509

38.4

−13.8 (−12.9 to −14.7)

<0.0001

  18–21

6584

32.7

422

32.4

5034

29.0

347

26.2

3.7 (2.8 to 4.6)

<0.0001

  22–25

6114

30.3

413

31.7

2541

14.7

175

13.2

15.6 (14.8 to 16.4)

<0.0001

 Indigeneity

  Indigenous

941

4.7

41

3.1

885

5.1

49

3.7

−0.04 (−0.004 to −0.08)

0.0732

  Not indigenous

15,842

78.6

1135

87.1

14,213

82.0

1158

87.3

−3.4 (−2.6 to −4.2)

<0.0001

  Unknown

3373

16.7

127

9.7

2239

12.9

119

9.0

3.8 (3.1 to 4.5)

<0.0001

 Remoteness area

  Major city

10,190

50.6

795

61.0

10,683

61.6

831

62.7

−11.0 (−10.0 to −12.0)

<0.0001

  Inner regional

5265

26.1

371

28.5

4075

23.5

385

29.0

2.6 (1.7 to 3.5)

<0.0001

  Outer regional/remote/very remote

3391

16.8

99

7.6

2506

14.5

108

8.1

2.3 (1.6 to 3.0)

<0.0001

  Unknown

1260

6.3

38

2.9

73

0.4

2

.2

5.9 (5.5 to 6.2)

<0.0001

 Incomea

  Low income

13,435

66.7

908

69.7

3936

22.7

291

21.9

44.0 (43.1 to 45.0)

<0.0001

  Not low income

2514

12.5

203

15.6

8667

50.0

721

54.4

−37.5 (−36.6 to −38.4)

<0.0001

  Unknown

4207

20.9

192

14.7

3111

17.9

265

20.0

3.0 (2.2 to 3.8)

<0.0001

Clinical characteristics

 Previous history of mental health care

  No previous history of mental health care

8822

43.8

589

45.2

1689

9.7

244

18.4

34.1 (33.3 to 35.0)

<0.0001

  Previous history of mental health care

6833

33.9

506

38.8

1481

8.5

202

15.2

25.4 (24.6 to 26.2)

<0.0001

  Unknown

4501

22.3

208

16.0

14167

81.7

880

66.4

−59.4 (−58.6 to −60.4)

<0.0001

 Pre-treatment K-10

  Low (10–15)

248

1.2

62

4.8

733

4.2

90

6.8

−3.0 (−2.7 to −3.3)

<0.0001

  Moderate (16–21)

590

2.9

119

9.1

1279

7.4

187

14.1

−4.5 (−4.0 to −5.0)

<0.0001

  High (22–29)

1790

8.9

411

31.5

2365

13.6

411

31.0

−4.7 (−4.1 to −5.3)

<0.0001

  Very high (30–50)

3497

17.3

711

54.6

3858

22.3

638

48.1

−5.0 (−4.2 to −5.8)

<0.0001

  Unknown

14,031

69.6

–

–

9102

52.5

–

–

17.1 (16.1 to 18.1)

<0.0001

Treatment profile

 Number of psychological sessions

  2–3

6370

31.6

136

10.4

6584

38.0

258

19.5

−6.4 (−5.4 to −7.4)

<0.0001

  4–5

4713

23.4

202

15.5

3669

21.2

244

18.4

2.2 (1.4 to 3.0)

<0.0001

  6

4455

22.1

461

35.4

1313

7.6

150

11.3

14.5 (13.8 to 15.2)

<0.0001

  7–12

3876

19.2

414

31.8

3660

21.1

418

31.5

−1.9 (−1.1 to −2.7)

<0.0001

  13–18

742

3.7

90

6.9

2111

12.2

256

19.3

−8.5 (−7.9 to −9.0)

<0.0001

 Treatment received

  Received CBT in at least one sessionb

13525

67.1

981

75.3

10,110

58.3

1045

78.8

8.8 (7.8 to 9.7)

<0.0001

  1. ATAPS Access to Allied Psychological Services, CBT cognitive behavioural therapy
  2. aLow income is determined according to GP judgement in ATAPS and by being in receipt of a government benefit in headspace
  3. bIncludes behavioural interventions and/or cognitive interventions, with or without diagnostic assessment, psycho-education, relaxation strategies, skills training and/or interpersonal therapy
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