Table 2.

Physician Characteristics Related to Referral

Characteristic	Number of Visits	Referred to Mental Health Professional (%)	P- Value
Physician age
Less than 40 y	94	38.3
40 to 54 y	151	37.8
55 y or older	53	26.4	.28
Physician gender
Male	201	39.8
Female	94	27.8	.044
Physician race/ethnicity
Caucasian	210	39.5
Non-Caucasian	88	27.3	.044
Physician specialty
General internal medicine	200	36.0
Family medicine	98	35.7	.96
Percentage of time providing patient care
Less than 90%	104	49.0
At least 90%	194	28.9	.001
Physician confidence in ability to manage antidepressant therapy
Very confident (≥7 on 8-point scale)	140	27.9
Less than very confident	158	43.0	.006
Self-reported ability to obtain mental health consultation
Usually within 2 wk	144	43.8
Usually greater than 2 wk	154	28.6	.006
Personal or vicarious experience with depression and its treatment
No previous experience	114	29.8
Treated with medication only	58	24.1
Treated with psychotherapy (with or without medication)	122	48.4	.001

n's vary due to missing data.