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Table 3 Effect of the EIRA intervention or usual care on positive change and quantification of overall impact of intervention

From: Multiple health behaviour change primary care intervention for smoking cessation, physical activity and healthy diet in adults 45 to 75 years old (EIRA study): a hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomised trial

Outcomes

EIRA intervention, n/N (%)

Usual care, n/N (%)

NNC (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted* OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted† OR (95% CI)

P value

1

Positive change in two or three behaviours

215/1481 (14.5)

141/1581 (8.9)

18 (12.7 to 30.1)

1.75 (1.30 to 2.36)

< 0.001

1.82 (1.19 to 2.77)

0.005

1.70 (1.09 to 2.63)

0.018

2

Positive change in any behaviour

810/1481 (54.7)

693/1581 (43.8)

10 (7.0 to 13.6)

1.55 (1.32 to 1.81)

< 0.001

1.60 (1.14 to 2.25)

0.006

1.48 (1.05 to 2.10)

0.027

3

Positive change in smoking behaviour

158/638 (24.8)

126/697 (18.1)

15 (9.0 to 43.8)

1.40 (1.04 to 1.89)

0.028

1.37 (0.93 to 2.01)

0.111

1.30 (0.89 to 2.03)

0.165

4

Positive change in physical activity behaviour

372/1345 (27.7)

351/1448 (24.2)

30 (15.0 to 609.9)

1.17 (0.98 to 1.41)

0.088

1.23 (0.79 to 1.92)

0.362

1.07 (0.74 to 1.54)

0.737

5

Positive change in diet behaviour

442/1384 (31.9)

317/1482 (21.4)

10 (7.3 to 13.7)

1.75 (1.45 to 2.11)

< 0.001

1.83 (1.26 to 2.66)

0.002

1.87 (1.30 to 2.68)

0.001

  1. NNC, Number needed for change; CI, Confidence interval; OR, Odds Ratio;
  2. *Adjusted for cluster effect. Intracluster correlation coefficient was for outcome 1, 0.040 (95% CI 0.016 to 0.094); for outcome 2, 0.042 (95% CI 0.021 to 0.080); for outcome 3, 0.027 (95% CI 0.009 to 0.087); for outcome 4, 0.072 (95% CI 0.038 to 0.132), and for outcome 5, 0.047 (95% CI 0.024 to 0.093)
  3. †Adjusted for cluster effect and variables at participant level and at cluster level: average age of health care professionals, average time (years) working in the same PHC centre, and PHC training centre (yes/no) and variables at participant level: baseline stage of change, age, and sex, co-occurrence of unhealthy behaviours, education level, employment situation of participant
  4. Overall impact factor [51]

    Target behaviour

    Proportion at riska

    Efficacy EIRA intervention or usual careb

    Individual impact factorc

    Impact factor on participantsd

    Impact factor on the populatione

    EIRA intervention

     Smoking

    0.431

    0.248

    0.11

    0.66

    0.43

     Insufficient physical activity

    0.908

    0.277

    0.25

     Non-adherence to Mediterranean dietary pattern

    0.935

    0.319

    0.30

    Usual care

     Smoking

    0.441

    0.181

    0.08

    0.50

    0.37

     Insufficient physical activity

    0.916

    0.242

    0.22

     Non-adherence to Mediterranean dietary pattern

    0.937

    0.214

    0.20

  5. aProportion of the target behaviour in the study sample at baseline
  6. bProportion of participants who reached a positive change for each behaviour
  7. cProportion at risk (a) multiplied by the efficacy of the EIRA intervention or usual care (b)
  8. dSum of individual impact factors
  9. eImpact factor on participants (d) multiplied by recruitment rate (0.655 in intervention centres and 0.744 in control centres)