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Table 5 Comparison of reach between intervention and control centres: number and percentage of patients who received lifestyle promotion

From: Long-term impact of a real-world coordinated lifestyle promotion initiative in primary care: a quasi-experimental cross-sectional study

  Three year follow-up (2011) Five year follow-up (2013)
Intervention ( n  = 433), n/N (%) Control ( n  = 455), n/N (%) P value 1 P value 2adjusted by centre Intervention ( n  = 497), n/N (%) Control ( n  = 497), n/N (%) P value 1 P value 2adjusted by centre
Eating habits
Current visit 54/411 (13) 63/439 (14) 0.608 0.620 55/485 (11) 50/481 (10) 0.637 0.346
Last 6 months 41/411 (10) 53/439 (12) 0.330 0.510 34/485 (7) 71/481 (15) <0.001 <0.001
Total2 95/411 (23) 116/439 (26) 0.264 0.398 89/485 (18) 121/481 (25) 0.010 0.003
Physical activity
Current visit 71/403 (18) 79/433 (18) 0.813 0.846 72/482 (15) 91/478 (19) 0.091 0.142
Last 6 months 46/403 (11) 76/433 (18) 0.012 <0.001 53/482 (11) 81/478 (17) 0.008 0.003
Total3 117/403 (29) 155/433 (36) 0.037 0.066 125/482 (26) 172/478 (36) 0.001 0.035
Tobacco consumption
Current visit 70/402 (17) 82/428 (19) 0.516 0.441 54/482 (11) 74/477 (16) 0.050 0.083
Last 6 months 39/402 (10) 39/428 (9) 0.771 0.757 35/482 (7) 47/477 (10) 0.151 0.061
Total3 109/402 (27) 121/428 (28) 0.710 0.549 89/482 (18) 121/477 (25) 0.010 0.068
Alcohol consumption
Current visit 49/406 (12) 48/432 (11) 0.665 0.463 33/480 (7) 56/476 (12) 0.009 0.037
Last 6 months 30/406 (7) 36/432 (8) 0.612 0.484 23/480 (5) 48/476 (10) 0.002 <0.001
Total3 79/406 (19) 84/432 (19) 0.996 0.994 56/480 (12) 104/476 (22) <0.001 0.003
Lifestyles combined
Current visit 110/416 (26) 140/441 (32) 0.088 0.170 113/488 (23) 126/485 (26) 0.306 0.487
Last 6 months 74/416 (18) 101/441 (23) 0.063 0.081 82/488 (17) 118/485 (24) 0.004 0.006
Total3 169/416 (41) 211/441 (48) 0.033 0.028 177/488 (36) 211/485 (44) 0.021 0.198
  1. 1Significance of difference between intervention and control determined by the χ2 test.
  2. 2Significance of difference between intervention and control determined by logistic regression using standard robust errors in order to adjust for clustering by centre.
  3. 3Current visit and visit in last 6 months combined.
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