Table 3 Participant characteristics
|
Intervention n = 279 |
Comparison n = 281 |
Total: n = 560 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Age (years) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 58.8 (5.2) | 59.5 (5.7) | 59.1 (5.4) |
| SIMD quintile (%) | |||
| 1 (most deprived) | 21 (7.5) | 15 (5.3) | 36 (6.4) |
| 2 | 25 (9.0) | 29 (10.3) | 54 (9.6) |
| 3 | 38 (13.6) | 39 (13.9) | 77 (13.8) |
| 4 | 65 (23.3) | 60 (21.4) | 125 (22.3) |
| 5 (least deprived) | 128 (45.9) | 135 (48.0) | 263 (47.0) |
| Unknown | 2 (0.7) | 3 (1.1) | 5 (0.9) |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||
| White, British | 265 (95.0%) | 265 (94.3%) | 547 (94.6%) |
| White, Irish | 4 (1.4%) | 1 (0.4%) | 5 (0.9%) |
| White, other | 4 (1.4%) | 8 (2.8%) | 12 (2.1%) |
| Mixed | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Asian Indian | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Asian, Pakistani | 2 (0.7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Asian, Chinese | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| Asian, other | 2 (0.7%) | 1 (0.4%) | 3 (0.5%) |
| Other | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.7%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Do not wish to complete | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| Education, highest level (%) | |||
| Secondary | 57 (20.4) | 62 (22.1) | 119 (21.3) |
| Other professional/technical qualification | 90 (32.3) | 84 (29.9) | 174 (31.1) |
| University degree | 132 (47.3) | 135 (48.0) | 267 (47.7) |
| Employment (%) | |||
| Retired | 90 (32.3) | 98 (34.9) | 188 (33.6) |
| Unemployed | 2 (0.7) | 7 (2.5) | 9 (1.6) |
| Employed full-time | 91 (32.6) | 90 (32.0) | 181 (32.3) |
| Employed part-time | 71 (25.4) | 65 (23.1) | 136 (24.3) |
| Student full-time | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) |
| Student part-time | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) |
| Other (please specify) | 23 (8.2) | 20 (7.1) | 43 (7.7) |
| Home status (%) | |||
| Owner occupied | 255 (91.4) | 257 (91.5) | 512 (91.4) |
| Rented | 24 (8.6) | 24 (8.5) | 48 (8.6) |