Table 2 Characteristics of non-frequent and frequent attenders divided by referrals (N = 1015)
|  | Non-referred frequent attender N = 107 (10.5%) | Non-referred non-frequent attender N = 431 (42.5%) |  | Referred frequent attender N = 132 (13.0%) | Referred non-frequent attender N = 345 (34.0%) |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Consultations | Â | Â | <.01 | Â | Â | <.01 |
 Face-to-face Mean (sd) | 15.8 (3.3) | 12.0 (2.5) |  | 12.6 (4.1) | 7.7 (3.6) |  |
Age in years | Â | Â | .26 | Â | Â | .12 |
 mean (sd) | 28.2 (5.0) | 28.8 (4.7) |  | 29.4 (5.1) | 30.2 (4.9) |  |
Level of Education* | Â | Â | .56 | Â | Â | .81 |
 Low | 8 (7.7) | 48 (11.5) |  | 18 (14.3) | 45 (13.4) |  |
 Medium | 54 (51.9) | 194 (46.4) |  | 58 (46.0) | 153 (45.7) |  |
 High | 42 (40.4) | 176 (42.1) |  | 50 (39.7) | 137 (40.9) |  |
Ethnic Background* | Â | Â | .69 | Â | Â | .03 |
 Dutch | 54 (50.5) | 209 (48.5) |  | 74 (56.1) | 146 (42.4) |  |
 Western Non-Dutch | 9 (8.4) | 48 (11.1) |  | 5 (3.8) | 20 (5.8) |  |
 Non-Western Non-Dutch | 44 (41.1) | 174 (40.4) |  | 53 (40.2) | 178 (51.7) |  |
Married/partner | 103 (96.3) | 419 (97.2) | .62 | 127 (96.2) | 341 (98.8) | .06 |
Employed* | 74 (69.8) | 294 (68.7) | .80 | 91 (68.9) | 237 (69.5) | .90 |
Deprived area | 19 (17.8) | 76 (17.6) | .98 | 23 (17.4) | 92 (26.7) | .04 |
Parity | Â | Â | .46 | Â | Â | .29 |
 Nulliparous | 56 (52.3) | 206 (47.8) |  | 65 (49.2) | 153 (44.3) |  |
 Multiparous | 51 (47.7) | 225 (52.2) |  | 67 (50.8) | 192 (55.7) |  |
Start of conception* | Â | Â | .99 | Â | Â | .16 |
 Spontaneous | 102 (96.2) | 410 (96.2) |  | 116 (88.5) | 325 (94.8) |  |
 Assisted | 4 (3.8) | 16 (3.8) |  | 15 (11.5) | 18 (5.2) |  |
Psychosocial problems* | Â | Â | .51 | Â | Â | <.01 |
 Yes in the past | 25 (23.4) | 80 (18.7) |  | 33 (25.0) | 64 (18.6) |  |
 Yes at present | 8 (7.5) | 27 (6.3) |  | 27 (20.5) | 25 (7.2) |  |
Sexual violence* | 17 (16.0) | 37 (8.6) | .03 | 32 (24.2) | 41 (11.9) | <.01 |
Smoking* | 32 (29.9) | 82 (19.1) | .01 | 44 (33.3) | 77 (22.4) | .02 |
Alcohol use* | 8 (7.5) | 14 (3.3) | .05 | 10 (7.6) | 10 (2.9) | .02 |
Drugs addiction* | 1 (0.9) | 8 (1.9) | .51 | 8 (6.1) | 5 (1.5) | .01 |
BMI* | Â | Â | .67 | Â | Â | .21 |
 Overweight | 23 (21.5) | 91 (21.3) |  | 46 (34.8) | 88 (25.6) |  |
 Obese | 5 (4.7) | 39 (9.1) |  | 22 (16.7) | 67 (19.5) |  |