Table 1.
Prevalence of mental problems according to the General Health Questionnaire in relation to sociodemographic characteristics in the first and second Dutch National Survey of General Practice.
| DNSGP1 | DNSGP2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % GHQ≥2 | OR | n | % GHQ≥2 | OR | |
| Total | 8924 | 16.8 | 9687 | 22.8 | ||
| Sex: | ||||||
| Male (reference) | 4354 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 4317 | 19.2 | 1.00 |
| Female | 4570 | 20.0 | 1.54a | 5369 | 25.7 | 1.40a |
| Age (years): | ||||||
| 18–24 (reference) | 1237 | 17.5 | 1.00 | 739 | 25.0 | 1.00 |
| 25–44 | 4059 | 17.7 | 1.05 | 3424 | 25.6 | 1.22 |
| 45–64 | 2407 | 15.9 | 0.90 | 3534 | 22.0 | 1.00 |
| 65–74 | 833 | 14.2 | 0.67a | 1142 | 16.6 | 0.61a |
| ≤75 | 388 | 16.6 | 0.70a | 845 | 21.1 | 0.70b |
| Education: | ||||||
| Primary | 2411 | 17.5 | 0.93 | 1434 | 25.2 | 1.34b |
| Lower | 3711 | 15.4 | 0.74a | 3259 | 22.3 | 1.01 |
| Secondary | 1798 | 16.5 | 0.79b | 2931 | 21.1 | 0.87 |
| Higher (reference) | 1004 | 19.3 | 1.00 | 2056 | 23.5 | 1.00 |
| Marital status: | ||||||
| Married (reference) | 5335 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 6403 | 20.0 | 1.00 |
| Unmarried | 2891 | 17.9 | 1.22b | 2040 | 27.7 | 1.50a |
| Divorced | 256 | 29.4 | 2.31b | 496 | 34.5 | 2.02a |
| Widowed | 442 | 21.1 | 1.71b | 745 | 25.8 | 1.58a |
a
P < 0.005.
b
P < 0.05. DNSGP1 = First Dutch National Survey of General Practice. DNSGP2 = Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice. GHQ = General Health Questionnaire. OR = odds ratio.