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Table 2 Likely use of support services by group

From: Increasing the use of preventative health services to promote healthy eating, physical activity and weight management: the acceptability and potential effectiveness of a proactive telemarketing approach

Support Service

Insufficient fruit and vegetable intake group % (95%CI)

Insufficient physical activity group % (95%CI)

Overweight or obese group % (95%CI)

p

Mail Proactive support

51 (45.5-56.4)

42 (31.9-52.0)

47 (39.0-54.30)

.28

Number of mail contacts (mean, sd)

6 (5.5)

6 (5.9)

7 (6.9)

.13

Email proactive support

42 (36.3-47.1)

30 (20.8-39.5)

38 (30.8-45.6)

.13

Number of Email contacts (mean, sd)

10 (13.4)

10 (9.7)

15 (23.4)

.10

Proactive telephone support

33 (27.6-37.8)

26 (16.9-34.7)

33 (25.6-39.9)

.42

Number of telephone contacts (mean, sd)

10 (9.6)

10 (8.9)

14 (22.0)

.28

Proactive IVR support

11 (7.7-14.5)

12 (5.3-18.4)

10 (5.2-14.2)

.84

Number of IVR contacts (mean, sd)

12 (12.7)

7 (7.3)

15 (24.8)

.41

Any support service

64 (58.6-69.1)

54 (43.6-63.9)

61 (53.1-68.1)

0.20