Table 3 Characteristics of service users consented to provide additional data to STOP pilot trial
Service user characteristics | Allocation | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Usual practice | STOP intervention | |||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Total | 32 | 100.0% | 19 | 100.0% | 51 | 100.0% |
Area | ||||||
City and Hackney | 8 | 25.0% | 12 | 63.2% | 20 | 39.2% |
Newham | 24 | 75.0% | 7 | 36.8% | 31 | 60.8% |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 14 | 43.8% | 14 | 73.7% | 28 | 54.9% |
Male | 18 | 56.3% | 5 | 26.3% | 23 | 45.1% |
Age (in years) | ||||||
Mean (SD) | 46.8 (11.7) | 42.6 (9.5) | 45.2 (11.0) | |||
Median (range) | 48.5 (19 to 69) | 42 (27 to 57) | 48 (19 to 69) | |||
Entitlement to free prescriptions | ||||||
Yes | 26 | 81.3% | 17 | 89.5% | 43 | 84.3% |
No | 6 | 18.8% | 2 | 10.5% | 8 | 15.7% |
Ethnicity | ||||||
African | 3 | 9.4% | 1 | 5.3% | 4 | 7.8% |
Any other mixed/multiple ethnic background | 2 | 6.3% | 2 | 10.5% | 4 | 7.8% |
Any other white background | 4 | 12.5% | 3 | 15.8% | 7 | 13.7% |
Any other ethnic group | 2 | 6.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 3.9% |
Bangladeshi | 2 | 6.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 3.9% |
Caribbean | 1 | 3.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.0% |
English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British | 14 | 43.8% | 12 | 63.2% | 26 | 51.0% |
Irish | 2 | 6.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 3.9% |
Pakistani | 1 | 3.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.0% |
Not stated | 1 | 3.1% | 1 | 5.3% | 2 | 3.9% |