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Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: Intervention impact on depression product appraisal and purchasing behavior by employers: a randomized trial

 

Overall

EB Group

Enhanced UC group

(n = 293)

(n = 140)

(n = 153)

Organizational characteristics

   

Number of U.S. (SD) sites

23.4 (114.0)

32.6(156.7)

15.0 (47.2)

Size

   

  % small (100 to 500 employees)

34.1

30.7

37.3

  % medium (501 to 2500 employees)

30.4

30.0

30.7

  % large (2501 plus employees)

35.5

39.3

32.0

Type

   

  % for-profit

57.0

53.6

60.3

  % not-for-profit

21.0

23.6

18.5

  % public sector

22.0

22.8

21.2

Company age (SD)

75.9 (47.9)

76.8 (50.1)

75.0 (45.0)

% with any absenteeism monitoring

73.2

74.1

72.4

% with any productivity at work monitoring

56.4

53.8

58.7

Mean size of health benefit purchasing group (SD)

7.1 (6.4)

7.2 (6.5)

7.0 (6.4)

% centralized decision making

93.8

95.0

92.8

% local decision making

85.6

89.2

82.3

% purchasing groups with finance representative

80.1

78.5

81.7

% National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) member

72.7

71.4

73.9

Health benefit characteristics

   

Mean depression impact (SD) *

2.4 (0.5)

2.5 (0.5)

2.4 (0.5)

% estimating depression prevalence greater than or equal to 11%

51.8

50.8

52.8

Mean number of health plan carriers (SD)

2.2 (2.5)

2.3 (2.9)

2.1 (2.1)

Insurance risk

   

  % fully insured

21.5

23.9

19.3

  % self-insured

48.3

46.4

50.0

  % mixture of full and self-insured

30.2

29.7

30.7

Health benefit generosity

6.3 (3.0)

6.4 (2.9)

6.2 (3.1)

% with any mental health carveout

18.2

20.8

18.7

% with Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

80.4

80.6

80.3

Mean health benefit risk taking (SD) *

2.3 (0.5)

2.3 (0.5)

2.4 (0.5)

Mean new health benefit resources (SD) *

2.5 (0.7)

2.5 (0.7)

2.6 (0.7)

Mean expected % premium increase (SD)

7.4 (5.2)

7.8 (5.1)

6.9 (5.2)

Mean politicalization of health care benefit decision-making (SD)*

1.6 (0.8)

1.6 (0.8)

1.6 (0.9)

Mean estimated return on investment with depression (SD)

2.5 (2.0)

2.5 (2.1)

2.4 (2.0)

% knowledge of any vendor who sells depression products

50.0

51.8

48.3

% previous pursuit of depression product at baseline (SD)

1.4 (0.8)

1.4 (0.8)

1.5 (0.9)

Employer characteristics

   

% female

69.8

71.2

67.9

% racial/ethnic minority+

13.6

17.1

9.2

Median age

41-50 years

41-50 years

41-50 years

% moderate to complete influence over benefit decision-making

74.5

76.4

73.2

Methods characteristics

   

% completing presentation in person

84.1

85.0

83.0

% replacement subject completed 12 and/or 24 month follow-up

5.0

7.9

2.2

% presentation fidelity

100

100

100

  1. *Scale of 1–4 with higher scores representing greater amounts of the construct.
  2. +p < .05.
  3. SD = standard deviation.