Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of the study sample
| All users | Users who stopped | Users who stopped without prior medical input | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 180 | 60 | 34 | ||
| Clinical condition | |||||
| Recognizes problem | |||||
| Yes | 43.5% | 37.8% | 33.7% | ||
| No | 56.5% | 62.2% | 66.3% | ||
| Role functioning problem | |||||
| Yes | 22.0% | 27.6% | 16.2% | ||
| No | 78.0% | 72.4% | 83.8% | ||
| Symptoms of major depression (number) | 15.2 | 11.8 | *** | 11.74 | ** |
| Experience with care | |||||
| Patient took any SSRI | |||||
| Yes | 65.8% | 66.2% | 72.2% | ||
| No | 34.2% | 33.8% | 27.8% | ||
| Medication prescribed by psychiatrist | |||||
| Yes | 38.8% | 31.7% | 35.3% | ||
| No | 61.2% | 68.3% | 64.7% | ||
| Problems with a drug | |||||
| Yes | 26.7% | 34.2% | 39.1% | ||
| No | 73.3% | 65.8% | 60.9% | ||
| Barriers to quality of care | |||||
| Yes | 51.0% | 57.8% | 65.7% | ** | |
| No | 49.0% | 42.2% | 34.3% | ||
| 8+ visits to a nonmedical provider | |||||
| Yes | 14.2% | 8.2% | ** | 4.5% | *** |
| No | 85.8% | 91.8% | 95.5% | ||
Note:
***
denotes a difference significant at p<.01
**
denotes p<.05
* denotes p<.10.
The 34 users who stopped without medical input are a subset of the 60 who stopped.