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Table 1 Characteristics of CN SNAP trial clients

From: Is there scope for community health nurses to address lifestyle risk factors? the community nursing SNAP trial

Characteristics

Total

Gender

N

%

Female

396

49.3%

Male

408

50.7%

Ethnicity

Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander

4

0.5%

Language

  

Language other than English

35

4.4%

Employment status

Employed

215

26.7%

Unable to work (long-term sickness/disability)

109

13.6%

Retired from paid work

427

53.1%

Other

53

6.6%

Age (yr) *

30-39

44

5.5%

40-49

78

9.7%

50-59

142

17.7%

60-69

256

31.9%

≥ 70

282

35.2%

Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (Postcode not known for 17 participants)

1st quintile

148

18.8%

2nd quintile

146

18.5%

3rd quintile

285

36.2%

4th quintile

110

14.0%

5th quintile

99

12.6%

Self-rated health status (How would you rate your health?)

Poor

308

38.3%

Good, very good or excellent

494

61.6%

Self-rated mental health status (Have you felt downhearted or blue during the past month?)

A little or none of the time

440

54.8%

A good bit to some of the time

260

32.3%

Most to all of the time

1023

12.7%

Health conditions

Hypertension (HT)

395

49.1%

Arthritis

277

34.5%

High cholesterol

239

29.7%

Cancer

213

26.5%

Other

208

25.9%

Diabetes

185

23.0%

Depression

132

16.4%

Heart disease

132

16.4%

Anxiety

105

13.16%

Asthma

104

12.9%

Respiratory

75

9.3%

Thrombosis

73

9.18%

Stroke

28

3.58%

  1. Two participants did not disclose their age and two rated their health and mental health status as 'don't know'.