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Table 2 Characteristics of patients by baseline screen-positive (GAD-7/PHQ-9) and chart-documented MMIa

From: Moderate mental illness as a predictor of chronic disease prevention and screening

 

Composite Covariate (GAD, PHQ, BETTER MMI)

 
 

Not Detected / Inactive Symptoms (Unaffected, N = 425)

Detected / Inactive Symptoms (N = 161)

Not Detected / Active Symptoms (N = 75)

Detected / Active Symptoms (N = 99)

P-value

Age (years)

53.4 (6.9)

53.9 (6.6)

51.3 (6.6)

51.8 (6.4)

0.006

Female sex

282 (66.4)

128 (79.5)

56 (74.7)

80 (80.8)

0.002

Minority race or ethnic group

49 (11.9)

13 (8.2)

10 (13.9)

13 (13.5)

0.47

≥1 yr. post-secondary education

377 (89.1)

130 (80.8)

65 (87.8)

77 (77.8)

0.006

Full or Part-time Employment

334 (79.0)

124 (77.0)

60 (81.1)

54 (55.7)

<0.0001

Married/common-law

350 (82.6)

116 (72.1)

52 (71.2)

57 (58.2)

<0.0001

Total Household Income

  ≥ 100,000 CAD

236 (58.4)

76 (47.8)

32 (43.8)

28 (29.8)

<0.0001

 60,000–99,999 CAD

109 (27.0)

48 (30.2)

20 (27.4)

29 (30.9)

 0–59,999 CAD

59 (14.6)

35 (22.0)

21 (28.8)

37 (39.3)

Current smoker

26 (6.1)

12 (7.5)

8 (10.7)

33 (33.3)

<0.0001

Current alcohol consumption

  < 4× per month

260 (61.3)

105 (65.2)

52 (71.2)

72 (73.4)

0.04

  ≥ 4× per month and <2× per week

111 (26.2)

29 (18.0)

12 (16.4)

13 (13.3)

  ≥ 2× per week

53 (12.5)

27 (16.8)

9 (12.4)

13 (13.3)

Exercise status

 Extremely active

82 (19.3)

29 (18.2)

7 (9.6)

16 (16.3)

0.24

  ≤ Mildly active

342 (80.6)

130 (81.8)

66 (90.4)

82 (83.7)

Body-mass index

24.9 (4.9)

25.3 (5.2)

26.5 (5.5)

26.8 (5.8)

0.004

Obese

58 (14.1)

27 (16.9)

16 (22.2)

29 (29.3)

0.003

MOS Social Support Score

83.4 (18.3)

75.2 (23.3)

60.7 (27.1)

55.4 (28.6)

<0.0001

  1. a Continuous variables presented as means (SD) and categorical variables presented as N (%). Kruskal Wallis tests are used for continuous variables, and Person’s chi-squared tests or Fisher’s exact tests are used for categorical variables
  2. CAD: Canadian dollars
  3. MOS Social Support Questionnaire: Scores for the 22 items range from 0 to 100, higher scores indicate higher level of self-perceived support