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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: The effects of an intervention program for promoting interorganizational network building between multidisciplinary agencies and community-based organizations: a cluster trial in Japan

  

Intervention group

Control group

p-value

  

(a)

Overall

n = 73

(b)

Attendees

n = 19

(c)

Non- attendees

n = 54

(d)

Overall

n = 85

Between 2 groups (a) vs. (d)

Among 3 groups (b), (c) vs. (d)

Sex

Female

64 (84.2)

14 (73.7)

50 (87.7)

70 (80.5)

0.533

0.325

Age

 

44.2 ± 9.6

42.8 ± 9.0

44.7 ± 9.6

42.3 ± 9.9

0.220

0.368

Educational level

College graduate

42 (55.3)

12 (63.2)

30 (52.6)

50 (58.8)

0.276

0.477

 

Junior college/vocational

school graduate

6 (7.9)

0 (0.0)

6 (10.5)

16 (18.8)

  
 

High school graduate

28 (36.8)

7 (36.8)

21 (36.8)

19 (22.4)

  

Years of experience in clinical practice in the community

6.9 ± 5.6

9.9 ± 7.8

5.9 ± 4.2

5.8 ± 4.1

0.167

0.074

Years of experience in clinical practice in catchment area of CCSC to which participants belonged

4.0 ± 3.8

5.6 ± 6.0

3.5 ± 2.5

3.5 ± 2.8

0.280

0.310

Type of profession

Public health nurse/Registered nurse

20 (26.3)

6 (31.6)

14 (24.6)

19 (21.8)

0.671

0.784

 

Certified social worker

25 (32.9)

7 (36.8)

18 (31.6)

34 (39.1)

  
 

Care manager

31 (40.8)

6 (31.6)

25 (43.9)

34 (39.1)

  

Working hours/week

Under 30 hours

5 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

5 (8.9)

1 (1.1)

0.036

0.009

 

30-39 hours

9 (12.0)

1 (5.3)

8 (14.3)

9 (10.3)

  
 

40-49 hours

46 (61.3)

12 (63.2)

34 (60.7)

48 (55.2)

  
 

50-59 hours

11 (14.7)

3 (15.8)

8 (14.3)

22 (25.3)

  
 

60-69 hours

2 (2.7)

1 (5.3)

1 (1.8)

2 (2.3)

  
 

70 hours or more

2 (2.7)

2 (10.5)

0 (0.0)

5 (5.7)

  
  1. CCSC = community comprehensive support center.
  2. Values represent n (%) or mean ± SD.