Table 1.

Detection by general practitioner of anxiety and depression in 305 patients with different styles of symptom attribution

Attributional category	No of patients (No of women)	Mean age (years)	GHQ cases
			No (%)	No (%; 95% CI) not detected*
Psychologising score ⩾7	71 (61)	43.4	55 (77)	21 (38; 25 to 52)
Normalising score ⩾7	146 (99)	40.4	54 (37)	46 (85; 73 to 93)
Somatising score ⩾7	16 (9)	58.6	6 (38)	5 (83; 36 to 100)
No predominant score	72 (56)	48.8	42 (58)	29 (69; 53 to 82)

GHQ=general health questionnaire. 

^*Patients classified as depressed according to general health questionnaire but not diagnosed as such by general practitioner.