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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics, Symptom Scores and Mental Health Service Use of the Cohorts at Treatment

From: A comparison of the characteristics and treatment outcomes of migrant and Australian-born users of a national digital mental health service

 

Migrants by Language Regions

AusBorn

 

NESB MidEast

 

NESB Europe

 

NESB Asia

 

NESB English

 

ESB English

 

P-value from Test of cohort differences with adjusted Bootstrapping function*

Nagelkerke R Square associated with cohort differences

n

5151

74%

43

1%

115

2%

182

3%

323

5%

930

13%

  

Males

1365

27%

22

51%

27

23%

70

38%

79

25%

270

29%

.007

0.2%

18–24

527

10%

3

7%

1

1%

11

6%

22

7%

46

5%

.016

0.7%

25–40

2567

50%

27

63%

73

63%

128

70%

162

50%

394

42%

p < .001

0.8%

40–65

2053

40%

13

30%

41

36%

43

24%

138

43%

490

53%

p < .001

1.0%

Rural Location

1181

23%

0

0%

8

7%

2

1%

38

12%

154

17%

p <. 001

2.2%

Unemployed

1307

25%

17

40%

38

33%

43

24%

94

29%

230

25%

.10

0.2%

Employed

3442

67%

18

42%

68

59%

121

67%

207

64%

667

72%

.001

0.4%

Student

402

8%

8

19%

9

8%

17

9%

22

7%

33

4%

p < .001

1.1%

High School or less

784

15%

0

0%

8

7%

2

1%

26

8%

100

11%

p < .001

2.2%

Adult Education

1884

37%

6

14%

33

29%

19

10%

104

32%

346

37%

p < .001

1.6%

University Education

2483

48%

37

86%

74

64%

161

88%

193

60%

484

52%

p < .001

3.4%

Work/Study Difficulties

3843

75%

34

78%

94

82%

151

83%

241

74%

721

78%

.059

0.3%

Relationship Difficulties

3187

62%

24

56%

81

70%

123

67%

215

66%

593

64%

p < .001

0.2%

Health Difficulties

2968

58%

18

41%

63

55%

98

54%

166

51%

518

56%

.13

0.1%

Financial Difficulties

2602

51%

23

55%

67

59%

79

43%

162

50%

492

53%

.31

0.1%

Mental Health Service Use

3876

75%

19

44%

77

67%

89

49%

224

69%

694

75%

p < .001

1.4%

Clinical levels of PHQ9 symptoms

3796

74%

28

65%

84

73%

120

66%

236

73%

699

75%

.16

0.1%

Clinical levels of GAD7 symptoms

4063

79%

34

79%

84

73%

126

69%

236

73%

728

78%

.006

0.0%

Treatment Completion Rate

67%

3852

78%

31

67%

68

59%

72

70%

190

77%

530

p < .001

0.8%

Average lesson completion (of 5)

3.86

 

3.88

 

3.76

 

3.58

 

3.96

 

4.06

 

p < .001

0.4%

Missing cases at Post-treatment

1943

38%

18

42%

44

38%

76

42%

117

36%

283

30%

p < .001

0.1%

Years since arrival to Australia (0-5 yrs)

16

37%

31

27%

37

21%

38

12%

221

24%

p < .001

3.3%

Years since arrival (5-10 yrs)

9

21%

29

25%

65

36%

55

17%

147

16%

p < .001

2.8%

Years since arrival (10+ yrs)

18

42%

55

48%

80

44%

230

71%

562

60%

p < .001

4.8%

  1. Note. Aus Australian, Ax Assessment, ESB English Speaking Background, Europe Europe region, GAD7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (7-item), MidEast Middle Eastern or North Africa Language Region, n cohort sample size NESB Non-English Speaking Background, PHQ9 Patient Health Questionnaire (9-item), Tx Treatment, yrs. years