Table 2.
Adjusted Percentages of Patient Preferences*
| Chose Treatment over No Treatment† | Chose Counseling over Medication‡ | Chose Individual Counseling over Group§ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Adjusted % | Standard Error | Adjusted % | Standard Error | Adjusted % | Standard Error |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 83.4 | 2.3 | 69.5‖ | 1.6 | 56.8¶ | 2.2 |
| Male | 77.9 | 3.5 | 62.5 | 3.1 | 41.9 | 3.9 |
| Age | ||||||
| 17-34 | 81.3 | 3.5 | 65.9 | 3.1 | 58.3 | 3.8 |
| 35-59 | 82.9 | 2.5 | 67.2 | 1.8 | 51.7 | 2.5 |
| ≥60 | 79.1 | 4.1 | 72.2 | 4.2 | 46.9 | 6.0 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 83.8 | 3.0 | 65.3 | 3.7 | 53.5 | 4.4 |
| Black | 83.3 | 5.2 | 79.9* | 5.3 | 57.7 | 6.4 |
| White | 81.2 | 2.8 | 66.8 | 1.9 | 50.8 | 2.8 |
| Other | 72.3 | 6.7 | 71.7 | 5.4 | 61.8 | 7.1 |
| Education | ||||||
| No or some high school | 80.3 | 4.1 | 62.9 | 4.5 | 37.8 | 6.1 |
| High school graduate | 81.6 | 2.9 | 69.7 | 2.7 | 49.0 | 3.8 |
| Some college | 83.7 | 2.8 | 68.1 | 2.4 | 52.4 | 3.2 |
| College graduate | 80.5 | 3.9 | 67.2 | 3.2 | 72.2¶ | 3.9 |
| Ranked wealth | ||||||
| Highest quartile | 87.6¶ | 1.6 | 67.6 | 1.9 | 56.3 | 2.6 |
| Lowest quartile | 79.7 | 1.7 | 67.6 | 1.9 | 49.6 | 2.7 |
| Ever taken medication for emotional problems | ||||||
| Yes | 83.2 | 3.0 | ||||
| No | 80.7 | 2.5 | ||||
| Ever had counseling | ||||||
| Yes | 82.8 | 2.9 | ||||
| No | 80.6 | 2.6 | ||||
| Current disordera | ||||||
| Recent treatment | 82.4 | 2.6 | ||||
| No recent treatment | 81.0 | 2.3 | ||||
| Symptoms only | ||||||
| Recent treatment | 93.7* | 2.3 | ||||
| No recent treatment | 81.8 | 2.3 | ||||
| Antidepressant in last 6 months | ||||||
| Yes | 56.0¶ | 2.9 | 50.0 | 4.0 | ||
| No | 74.7 | 1.9 | 54.0 | 2.3 | ||
| Counseling in last 6 months | ||||||
| Yes | 70.1 | 2.6 | 54.8 | 3.7 | ||
| No | 66.3 | 1.8 | 52.2 | 2.3 | ||
| Medication knowledgeb | ||||||
| Lowest score (1.4) | 50.6¶ | 11.0 | 77.0 | 6.5 | 65.0 | 9.1 |
| Highest score (5.0) | 96.1 | 1.8 | 59.1 | 6.9 | 42.1 | 8.5 |
| Counseling Knowledgec | ||||||
| Lowest score (1.0) | 86.7 | 3.3 | 35.8¶ | 5.7 | 74.9¶ | 5.6 |
| Highest score (5.0) | 79.9 | 3.7 | 88.8 | 2.5 | 34.4 | 52.9 |
| Stigma associated with psychiatric care | ||||||
| No stigma (0) | 79.6 | 3.1 | 74.6 | 3.7 | 55.6 | 5.2 |
| Highest stigma (4) | 85.9 | 2.3 | 62.0 | 3.4 | 50.7 | 4.6 |
| CES-D scored | ||||||
| <20 (no probable disorder) | 81.1 | 4.8 | 69.1 | 5.0 | 58.5 | 5.8 |
| ≥20 (probable disorder) | 81.9 | 2.4 | 67.4 | 1.6 | 51.8 | 2.3 |
| Disorder status | ||||||
| Disordera | 67.7 | 1.9 | 51.3 | 2.7 | ||
| Symptoms only | 67.4 | 2.4 | 54.7 | 3.0 | ||
| Anxiety disorder | ||||||
| Yes | 85.9# | 2.5 | 67.2 | 2.2 | 52.7 | 3.3 |
| No | 78.7 | 2.8 | 67.9 | 2.1 | 53.0 | 2.6 |
| No. of chronic diseases | ||||||
| 0 | 83.6 | 3.5 | 66.0 | 3.3 | 47.1 | 4.3 |
| 1 | 79.6 | 3.7 | 69.8 | 2.9 | 51.9 | 3.9 |
| 2 | 82.1 | 3.3 | 66.5 | 3.5 | 57.3 | 4.1 |
| ≥3 | 81.9 | 3.0 | 67.7 | 2.5 | 55.0 | 3.7 |
| SF-36 MCSe | ||||||
| Lowest quartile | 82.3 | 1.9 | 65.7 | 2.2 | 56.0 | 2.8 |
| Highest quartile | 83.8 | 1.4 | 69.3 | 2.0 | 50.5 | 2.8 |
| SF-36 PCSf | ||||||
| Lowest quartile | 81.6 | 1.6 | 66.0 | 1.9 | 53.7 | 2.5 |
| Highest quartile | 85.2 | 1.5 | 69.5 | 2.0 | 52.0 | 2.9 |
| Paid sick leave | ||||||
| Yes | 82.3 | 2.4 | 69.5* | 1.6 | 51.9 | 2.1 |
| No | 80.1 | 3.5 | 60.8 | 3.3 | 56.8 | 4.7 |
| Number of young children in household | ||||||
| None | 82.8 | 2.4 | 69.6 | 1.7 | 53.9 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 79.8 | 4.0 | 62.6 | 3.7 | 51.3 | 5.0 |
| 2 | 76.7 | 5.1 | 66.2 | 4.5 | 48.8 | 6.1 |
| ≥3 | 83.9 | 5.3 | 59.4 | 7.0 | 53.3 | 8.3 |
Adjusted percents calculated from logistic regression models containing variables in the table and block(see “Methods” section).
Of the total sample ( N = 1,187), patients who preferred active treatment over no treatment.
Of those patients who preferred active treatment (n = 981), patients who preferred counseling over medication.
Of those patients who preferred counseling (n = 646), patients who preferred individual counseling over group counseling.
P≤ .05
P≤ .01
P≤ .001
Current major depression or dysthymia.
Medication knowledge scores ranged from 1.4 (lowest knowledge) to 5.0 (greatest knowledge).
Counseling knowledge scores ranged from 1.0 (lowest knowledge) to 5.0 (greatest knowledge).
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score.
SF-36 Mental Health Component score (higher scores indicate better functioning).
SF-36 Physical Health Component score (higher scores indicate better functioning).