Table 4.

Significant social network and support measures associated with the use of two types of services among persons from the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study, by mental health condition^a

	Major depressive disorder		Generalized anxiety disorder		Panic disorder		Alcohol use disorder		Psychological distressb
Variable	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Use of general medical services
Frequency of meeting relativec (reference: every day)
Few times per week	.74	.56–.94*	.74	.55–.99*	.75	.56–1.00	.76	.56–1.01	.74	.55–.99*
Few times per month	.60	.44–.83**	.58	.42–.80**	.60	.43–.82**	.59	.42–.81**	.59	.42–.81**
Once per month	.72	.48–1.09	.68	.44–1.04	.74	.49–1.13	.74	.49–1.14	.70	.46–1.07
Less than once per month	.57	.35–.91*	.55	.34–.90*	.57	.36–.92*	.55	.34–.90*	.56	.35–.91*
Frequency of meeting friendc (reference: every day)
Few times per week	.73	.55–.96*	.72	.54–.95*	.72	.55–.95*	.71	.54–.95*	.72	.54–.95*
Few times per month	.79	.59–1.08	.80	.59–1.09	.78	.57–1.05	.75	.55–1.02	.80	.59–1.09
Once per month	.64	.42–.99*	.62	.40–.96*	.64	.42–.97*	.63	.41–.97*	.63	.41–.98*
Less than once per month	.61	.36–1.02	.60	.36–1.01	.59	.35–.99*	.57	.34–.97*	.60	.36–1.01
Never	.42	.23–.75**	.41	.28–.71**	.40	.22–.73**	.43	.23–.78**	.41	.23–.75**
Higher than median social support score for spousec	1.43	1.09–1.88**	1.39	1.06–1.83*	1.44	1.10–1.90**	1.46	1.10–1.92**	1.43	1.08–1.89*
Mental health services within general medical services
Higher than median social support score for relatived	.48	.31–.75**	.44	.28–.70**	.49	.31–.75**	.50	.32–.78**	.51	.32–.81**

^aWeighted analysis

^bPsychological distress is based on a score ≥4 on the 20-item General Health Questionnaire

^cModel adjusted for sex, age (30–44, 45–64, or ≥65 years), mental disorder before 1993–1996, physical illness before 1993–1996, mental health service use before 1993–1996, health insurance, and specific mental condition.

^dModel adjusted for the above characteristics and years of education (<13 years or ≥13 years)

^*Unadjusted two-tailed p<.05

^**Bonferroni adjusted two-tailed p≤.01