Characteristics of study cohort: Check Your Health, Denmark, 2012–2015
| Total | Missing data | ||
| n | % (95% CI) | n | |
| 350 | 100 | ||
| Sex | 0 | ||
| Female | 198 | 56.6 (51.4 to 61.8) | |
| Male | 152 | 43.4 (38.2 to 48.6) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 39.0 (5.5) | 0 | |
| Country of origin | 0 | ||
| Western | 315 | 90.0 (86.4 to 92.9) | |
| Non-Western | 35 | 10.0 (7.0 to 13.6) | |
| Education (years) | 7 | ||
| 0–10 | 71 | 20.7 (16.4 to 25.0) | |
| 11–15 | 152 | 44.3 (39.1 to 49.6) | |
| >15 | 120 | 35.0 (29.9 to 40.0) | |
| Occupational status | 10 | ||
| Employed | 263 | 77.4 (72.9 to 81.8) | |
| Unemployed/benefits | 27 | 7.9 (5.1 to 10.8) | |
| Social welfare recipients | 50 | 14.7 (10.9 to 18.5) | |
| Cohabiting status | |||
| Cohabiting | 239 | 68.3 (63.4 to 73.2) | |
| Living alone | 111 | 31.7 (26.8 to 36.6) | 0 |
| Income | 0 | ||
| Low | 151 | 43.1 (38.0 to 48.3) | |
| Medium | 112 | 32.0 (27.1 to 36.9) | |
| High | 87 | 24.9 (20.3 to 29.4) | |
| Number of contacts with GP within 1 year before health check | 0 | ||
| None | 47 | 13.4 (9.9 to 17.0) | |
| 1 | 64 | 18.3 (14.2 to 22.3) | |
| 2–4 | 124 | 35.4 (30.4 to 40.4) | |
| 5+ | 115 | 32.9 (27.9 to 37.8) | |
Participants in the Check Your Health preventive programme 2012–2015 identified with poor mental health through screening who had not received mental healthcare within 1 year prior to the health check.
Poor mental health: MCS score of ≤35.76 (from SF-12, V.2, US norms of 1998).
Mental healthcare: psychometric test by GP, talk therapy by GP, contact with a psychologist, contact with a psychiatrist or psychotropic medication.
GP, general practitioner; MCS, mental component summary; SF-12, 12-item Short-Form Health Survey.