Table 1.
Help-seeking preferences by age, sex and current psychological distress.
| Help-seeking preferences | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Covariate | ‘Like some help’ n (%) | ‘Deal on own’ or ‘unsure’ n(%) | OR (95% CI)a |
| GHQ score (n = 1326) | |||
| No distress (0–2) | 298 (42.2) | 408 (57.8) | 1.0 |
| Mild-to-moderate distress (3–6) | 163 (48.2) | 175 (51.8) | 1.27 (1.07 to 1.50) |
| Moderate-to-severe distress (≥7) | 160 (56.7) | 122 (43.3) | 1.78 (1.40 to 2.28) |
| Sex (n = 1309) | |||
| Male | 171 (41.8) | 238 (58.2) | 1.0 |
| Female | 442 (49.1) | 458 (50.9) | 1.34 (1.10 to 1.63) |
| Age group, years (n = 1293) | |||
| 18–29 | 171 (45.4) | 206 (54.6) | 1.0 |
| 30–39 | 163 (48.7) | 172 (51.3) | 1.09 (0.80 to 1.47) |
| 40–49 | 107 (49.5) | 109 (50.5) | 1.14 (0.78 to 1.66) |
| 50–59 | 63 (41.7) | 88 (58.3) | 0.83 (0.65 to 1.06) |
| ≥60 | 103 (48.1) | 111 (51.9) | 1.13 (0.96 to 1.32) |
a
Odds ratio (OR) for help-seeking preferences, mutually adjusted for GHQ score, sex, and age group, and for clustering by GP practice using robust standard errors, from adjusted Wald test for overall significance of factor in the model. GHQ = General Health Questionnaire.