Variable | Description |
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Individual level | |
Demographics | |
Sex | Sex of consumer. |
Age | Age of consumer at survey completion date. |
Country of birth | Country of birth of consumer. |
Year of arrival | Year of arrival in Australia if born overseas |
Ethnicity | Ethnic or cultural group that the consumer identifies with. |
Main language | Main language spoken at home. |
Marital Status | Marital status of consumer. |
Children | Number and age of any children. |
Living situation | Current living situation of consumer. |
Education | Education level of the consumer. |
Highest qualification | Highest qualification attained by the consumer. |
Mental health service use | Length of time consumer has used mental health services. |
Health economics | |
Employment | Current working status of the consumer. |
Income | Usual weekly income of consumer, after tax, from all sources of employment and all sources excluding paid work. |
Days out of role | Number of days in the past month that the consumer was totally or partly unable to carry out normal activities because of mental health problems. |
Days absent from work | Number of days in the past month that the consumer was absent from work due to illness or disability, and due to mental health problems. |
Medication information | Prescription and non-prescription medications taken regularly by the consumer. |
Hospitalizations | Number of hospital admissions for physical problems and for mental health problems, including number of nights in total and reasons for most recent admissions. |
Consultations with health professionals | Number and length of consultations with health professionals for physical health and mental health problems. |
Other | ‘Other’ measures that are listed as 9 to 15 in Table 4 above may be investigated as independent variables when relevant. For example, the primary outcome recovery (QPR) scores may be explored for associations with the individual-level scores on the Cohesion Ladder. |
Cluster level | |
Cluster group | Allocated to receive the intervention at either Step 1 or Step 2. |
Intervention status (0/1) | A lag time of 6 months is anticipated until intervention effects are possible. The intervention status variable indicates that this lag time has passed. |
Dosage (%) | Intervention dosage. |
Time since intervention | All data are time-stamped in relation to the time the intervention was received at the cluster. Time value of “0” is given for the plus/minus 3 months from date of training; “1” for 4-to-6 months post training; “2” for 7-to-9 months post training, etc. Time value of “-1” for 4-to-6 months before training; “-2” for 7-to-9 months before training, etc. |
Time | Study month that survey was completed: “1” = month 1, “2” = month 2, etc. |
Cluster types - stratification variables, see Table 2 | |
Crisis assessment & treatment team | |
Mobile support and treatment service or Community Care Unit | |
Community Mental Health Service | |
Continuing Care team | |
PARC residential facility (Mind Australia) | |
PARC residential facility (Ermha) | |
Community outreach service |