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Table 2 Therapists; total sample, intervention, and control

From: The short-term effect on alliance and satisfaction of using patient feedback scales in mental health out-patient treatment. A randomised controlled trial

Variables

Total sample

Intervention

Control

p-value

N = 25

n = 8

n = 17

 

N (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Female

16 (64%)

5 (62.5%)

11 (64.7%)

0.915

Age (Mean (Median, Range))

41.4 (38, 30–62)

39 (34.5, 31–62)

42.9 (41, 30–61)

0.402

Education

   

0.920

- Psychiatric nurse

5 (23.8%)

2 (25%)

3 (17.6%)

 

- Psychologist

16 (76.2%)

6 (75%)

10 (58.8%)

 

No of years worked in mental health care (Mean (Median, Range))

9.9 (9, 1–25)

7.4 (5.5, 1–16)

11.4 (10, 1–25)

0.220

No of years worked in out-patient unit (Mean (Median, Range))

4.6 (3, 1–16)

3.4 (3, 1–8)

5.4 (4, 1–16)

0.292

Heard about PCOMS prior to study (yes)

9 (42.9%)

3 (37.5%)

6 (35.3%)

0.697

Attended course in PCOMS prior to study (yes)

2 (9.5%)

1 (12.5%)

1 (7.7%)

0.716

  1. Numbers are N/n (%) unless otherwise stated.
  2. For categorical variables the groups have been compared using Pearson’s chi square tests.
  3. For continuous variables the groups have been compared using two-tailed independent t-tests.
  4. Four treatment as usual therapists did not return the questionnaire on these variables.