Table 3.
Patients with a psychological diagnosis in relation to sociodemographic characteristics and mental health as measured by the General Health Questionnaire.
| DNSGP1 | DNSGP2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % P diag | OR | 95% CI | n | % P diag | OR | 95% CI | |
| Total | 8924 | 7.2 | 9685 | 4.2 | ||||
| Sex: | ||||||||
| Male (reference) | 4354 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 5357 | 2.9 | 1.00 | ||
| Female | 4570 | 9.1 | 1.54a | 1.29 to 1.84 | 4328 | 5.3 | 1.69b | 1.36 to 2.11 |
| Age (years): | ||||||||
| 18–24 (reference) | 1237 | 3.9 | 1.00 | 745 | 2.7 | 1.00 | ||
| 25–44 | 4059 | 5.0 | 0.99 | 0.69 to 1.42 | 3428 | 3.4 | 1.27 | 0.75 to 2.15 |
| 45–64 | 2407 | 9.5 | 1.81a | 1.25 to 2.63 | 3525 | 4.5 | 1.80b | 1.04 to 3.11 |
| 65–74 | 833 | 11.5 | 2.03a | 1.33 to 3.10 | 1146 | 4.8 | 1.73 | 0.95 to 3.17 |
| ≥75 | 388 | 15.6 | 2.59a | 1.62 to 4.14 | 841 | 7.3 | 2.20b | 1.18 to 4.08 |
| Education: | ||||||||
| Primary | 2411 | 10.6 | 1.50b | 1.07 to 2.12 | 1436 | 6.9 | 1.37 | 0.98 to 1.92 |
| Lower | 3711 | 7.0 | 1.37 | 0.99 to 1.90 | 3256 | 3.9 | 0.92 | 0.68 to 1.24 |
| Secondary | 1798 | 5.2 | 1.12 | 0.77 to 1.62 | 2927 | 3.6 | 1.02 | 0.75 to 1.39 |
| Higher (reference) | 1004 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 2053 | 3.8 | 1.00 | ||
| Marital status: | ||||||||
| Married (reference) | 5335 | 7.3 | 1.00 | 6396 | 3.8 | 1.00 | ||
| Unmarried | 2891 | 3.9 | 0.55a | 0.43 to 0.70 | 2039 | 3.6 | 1.10 | 0.81 to 1.51 |
| Divorced | 256 | 14.6 | 1.72a | 1.19 to 2.50 | 496 | 6.5 | 1.37 | 0.93 to 2.02 |
| Widowed | 442 | 19.7 | 1.44b | 1.07 to 1.95 | 745 | 8.6 | 1.50b | 1.06 to 2.12 |
| GHQ < 2 | 7446 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 7454 | 3.0 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥2 | 1478 | 17.6 | 4.22a | 3.54 to 5.02 | 2202 | 8.6 | 2.94a | 2.40 to 3.61 |
a
P<0.005.
b
P<0.05. DNSGP1 = First Dutch National Survey of General Practice. DNSGP2 = Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice. OR = odds ratio. P diag = psychological diagnosis.