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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants by study group

From: Brief gatekeeper training for suicide prevention in an ethnic minority population: a controlled intervention

 

Control (n = 39)

Intervention (n = 67)

P-value*

mean ± SD or n(%)

 

Age

45.13 ± 17.84

45.00 ± 15.57

0.97

Female Gender

26 (68.42)

43 (66.15)

1.00

Race

  White non-Hispanic

8 (21.05)

18 (29.03)

0.20

  Japanese non-Hispanic

18 (47.37)

34 (54.84)

  Mixed or other

12 (31.58)

10 (16.13)

Education, in years

18.16 ± 2.43

17.05 ± 2.57

0.03

Health care provider

6 (15.79)

13 (20.00)

0.79

Number of close relations perceived as ever having been at risk for suicide

  None

9 (24.32)

23 (37.10)

0.60

  One

11 (29.73)

14 (22.58)

  Two or more

12 (32.43)

17 (27.42)

  Unsure

5 (13.51)

8 (12.90)

Seen or talked to a mental health provider in the last year

8 (21.62)

15 (23.81)

1.00

  1. *T-tests for continuous variables, Fisher’s exact for categorical variables