Table 3 Descriptive analysis and three Poisson regression models comparing the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of those patients who took up the initial telephone-based counselling with the Municipal health centre (MHC) and those patients who did not
Exposures | Patients advised to attend MHCs | Model 1 - crude | Model 2 – age and sex adjusted | Model 3 – minimally adjusted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attenders (N = 128) n (%) | Non-attenders (N = 490) n (%) | Total (N = 618) n (%) | IRR | p-value | IRR | p-value | IRR | p-value | |
Age | |||||||||
29–44a | 86 (67) | 284 (58) | 370 [60) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
45–60 | 42 (33) | 206 (42) | 248 (40) | 0.73 [0.52;1.01] | 0.060 | 0.73 [0.52;1.02] | 0.064 | 0.73 [0.52;1.02] | 0.064 |
Sex | |||||||||
Malea | 59 (46) | 211 (43) | 270 (44) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Female | 69 (54) | 279 (57) | 348 (56) | 0.91 [0.67;1.24] | 0.550 | 0.93 [0.68;1.27] | 0.650 | 0.93 [0.68;1.27] | 0.650 |
Country of origin | |||||||||
Danisha | 121 (95) | 475(97) | 596 (96) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Non-Danish | 7 (5) | 15 (3) | 22 (4) | 1.56 [0.83;2.95] | 0.165 | 1.62 [0.87;3.01] | 0.130 | 1.62 [0.87;3.01] | 0.130 |
Employment status | |||||||||
Employedb | 112 (88) | 426 (87) | 538 (87) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Unemployed | 16 (12) | 64 (13) | 80 (13) | 0.96 [0.60;1.53] | 0.861 | 0.95 [0.59;1.51] | 0.822 | 0.99 [0.62;1.57] | 0.953 |
Income | |||||||||
(50% below median income)b | 22 (17) | 98 (20) | 120 (19) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Other | 106 (83) | 392 (80) | 498 (81) | 1.16 [0.77;1.76] | 0.474 | 1.20 [0.79;1.83] | 0.401 | 1.21 [0.78;1.82] | 0.412 |
Educational attainment | |||||||||
Secondary and high schoolb | 18 (14) | 91(19) | 109 (18) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Vocational training and higher education | 110 (86) | 399 (81) | 509 (82) | 1.31 [0.83;2.06] | 0.242 | 1.28 [0.81;2.01] | 0.289 | 1.29 [0.82;2.04] | 0.275 |
Cohabitational status | |||||||||
Cohabitingb | 97 (76) | 381 (78) | 478 (77) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Single | 31 (24) | 109 (22) | 140 (23) | 1.09 [0.76;1.56] | 0.641 | 1.08 [0.75;1.55] | 0.675 | 1.11 [0.77;1.59] | 0.579 |
Smoking status | |||||||||
Smokerb | 38 (30) | 199 (41) | 237 (38) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Non-smoker | 90 (70) | 291 (59) | 381 (62) | 1.47 [1.04;2.07] | 0.028 | 1.44 [1.02;2.02] | 0.037 | 1.45 [1.03;2.04] | 0.032 |
Alcohol consumption | |||||||||
Above low riskb | 115 (90) | 430 (88) | 545 (88) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Low risk | 13 (10) | 60 (12) | 73 (12) | 1.19 [0.71;2.00] | 0.517 | 1.13 [0.67;1.91] | 0.640 | 1.15 [0.68;1.95] | 0.613 |
Diet | |||||||||
Not unhealthyb | 78 (61) | 259 (53) | 337 (55) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Unhealthy | 50 (39) | 231 (47) | 281 (45) | 0.77 [0.56;1.06] | 0.110 | 0.79 [0.57;1.10] | 0.165 | 0.77 [0.56;1.07] | 0.116 |
Physical activity | |||||||||
Sedentaryb | 34 (27) | 123 (25) | 157 (32) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Active | 94 (73) | 367 (75) | 461 (75) | 0.94 [0.66;1.32] | 0.708 | 0.96 [0.67;1.36] | 0.808 | 0.99 [0.70;1.41] | 0.960 |
Body Mass Index | |||||||||
> 30c | 101 (79) | 427 (87) | 528 (85) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
< 30 | 27 (21) | 63 (13) | 90 (15) | 0.63 [0.44;0.90] | 0.012 | 0.65 [0.45;0.95] | 0.026 | 0.62 [0.42;0.91] | 0.014 |
Health-risk behaviours | |||||||||
Two or moreb | 19 (15) | 68 (14) | 87 (14) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
One or none | 109 (85) | 422 (86) | 531 (86) | 0.93 [0.60;1.43] | 0.738 | 0.96 [0.62;1.48] | 0.850 | 0.95 [0.62;1.47] | 0.821 |
Self-rated health | |||||||||
Fair or poorb | 28 (22) | 54 (11) | 82 (13) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Good, very good, excellent | 100 (78) | 436 (89) | 536 (87) | 0.55 [0.39;0.78] | 0.001 | 0.54 [0.38;0.77] | 0.001 | 0.53 [0.37;0.76] | 0.000 |
Mental well-beingb | 23.4 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 0.96 [0.92;1.01] | 0.089 | 0.97 [0.93;1.01] | 0.133 | 0.97 [0.92;1.01] | 0.115 |
Self-efficacyd | 29.4 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 0.97 [0.95;1.00] | 0.078 | 0.97 [0.94;1.00] | 0.068 | 0.96 [0.93;0.99] | 0.015 |
Beliefs in a healthy lifestyleb | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 1.05 [0.96;1.13] | 0.287 | 1.05 [0.97;1.14] | 0.247 | 1.05 [0.96;1.14] | 0.279 |
Appointment at the general practitioner in the past two years | |||||||||
Yesb | 114 (89) | 421 (86) | 535 (87) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
No | 14 (11) | 69 (14) | 83 (13) | 0.79 [0.48;1.31] | 0.361 | 0.77 [0.46;1.29] | 0.327 | 0.79 [0.47;1.32] | 0.364 |
Health check at the general practitioner in past two yearsb | 101 (79) | 413 (84) | 514 (83) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
No health check | 27 (21) | 77 (16) | 104 (17) | 0.76 [0.52;1.10] | 0.142 | 0.73 [0.51;1.06] | 0.100 | 0.73 [0.50;1.05] | 0.090 |