Table 4.
Sources of help football club players would use if depressed - percentage of players reporting that they would seek help from each individual source.
| Source of help | Intervention League Initial |
Intervention League Follow-up |
Comparison League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A member of your family | 79 | 77 | P = 0.33* | 64 | P = 0.38** |
| A mate | 75 | 73 | P = 0.28* | 68 | P = 0.49** |
| Football club leader | 41 | 41 | P = 0.52* | 26 | P = 0.62** |
| A minister/priest | 10 | 8 | P = 0.08* | 11 | P = 0.04** |
| Telephone counselling | 17 | 22 | P = 0.39* | 15 | P = 0.60** |
| Internet | 23 | 25 | P = 0.28* | 25 | P = 0.74** |
| Poster/pamphlets | 24 | 23 | P = 0.42* | 21 | P = 0.16** |
| GP/family doctor | 62 | 63 | P = 0.54* | 66 | P = 0.24** |
* Comparing initial intervention league data with follow-up intervention league data
** Comparing follow-up intervention league data with comparison league data
Data were collected from comparison football league players at the same time as follow-up data from the intervention football league