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Table 3 Services used by participants

From: Pilot evaluation to assess the effectiveness of youth peer community support via the Kooth online mental wellbeing website

Service used

Respondents using the community space only (N = 133)

Respondents using the community space and counselling (N = 151)

All respondents (N = 302)

Baseline

Follow-up

Difference

p-value

Baseline

Follow-up

Difference

p-value

Baseline

Follow-up

Difference

p-value

%

%

FU-BL (%)

 

%

%

FU-BL (%)

 

%

%

FU-BL (%)

 

Psychologist, Psychiatrist or Counsellor

18.8%

21.8%

3.0%

0.435

17.9%

23.2%

5.3%

0.145

20.2%

29.8%

9.6%

0.001

Other counselling/therapy in school

16.5%

20.3%

3.8%

0.277

15.9%

19.9%

4.0%

0.222

16.6%

20.2%

3.6%

0.109

Youth or adult crisis helpline

9.8%

7.5%

-2.3%

0.407

9.9%

9.9%

0.0%

1.000

12.3%

18.5%

6.2%

0.012

Mental health clinic (e.g. CAMHS)

10.5%

13.5%

3.0%

0.287

9.9%

15.2%

5.3%

0.059

10.9%

16.9%

6.0%

0.003

GP

21.8%

12.8%

-9.0%

0.028

21.2%

14.6%

-6.6%

0.086

16.9%

14.6%

-2.3%

0.355

Self-help group meetings

4.5%

3.0%

-1.5%

0.482

4.0%

2.6%

-1.3%

0.481

4.0%

5.0%

1.0%

0.514

Special school

3.8%

3.8%

0.0%

1.000

3.3%

3.3%

0.0%

1.000

2.6%

4.3%

1.7%

0.252

Special help

3.8%

4.5%

0.8%

0.707

3.3%

4.0%

0.7%

0.707

3.3%

3.6%

0.3%

0.809

 A&E

0.8%

0.0

-0.8%

0.319

0.7%

1.3%

0.7%

0.565

1.3%

2.0%

0.7%

0.480

Social worker

3.0%

1.5%

-1.5%

0.319

2.6%

2.0%

-0.7%

0.656

3.0%

2.0%

-1.0%

0.367

Classroom or inclusion centre

0.8%

0.8%

0.0%

1.000

0.7%

1.3%

0.7%

0.565

1.7%

2.0%

0.3%

0.706

Hospital

1.5%

0.0

-1.5%

0.158

1.3%

1.3%

0.0%

1.000

1.7%

1.0%

-0.7%

0.415

Drug and alcohol clinic

0.8%

1.5%

0.8%

0.319

0.7%

1.3%

0.7%

0.319

0.3%

0.7%

0.4%

0.318

Foster home

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

.

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

.

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

.

Group home

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

.

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

.

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

.

A website or app, other than the Kooth programme

22.6%

22.6%

0.0%

1.000

20.5%

20.5%

0.0%

1.000

23.5%

25.2%

1.7%

0.570

  1. FU-BL: Follow-up score minus baseline score