TABLE 3.
UNADJUSTED ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AND PARTICIPANT DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OVERALL AND THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF DSM-IV DEFINED MENTAL DISORDER, IN A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF SOUTH AFRICAN ADULTS.
| No health Care |
Western Medicine |
OR (95% CI) | Alternative Medicine |
OR (95% CI) | Western & Alternative |
OR (95% CI) | Traditional Healer |
OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean) | 36.1 | 39.7 | 39.4 | 41.0 | 40.0 | ||||
| 18–29 | 42.2 | 29.3 | 1.0 | 30.4 | 1.0 | 24.9 | 1.0 | 28.9 | 1.0 |
| 30–39 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 1.5 (1.2–1.8) | 23.4 | 1.4 (1.0–2.0) | 23.8 | 1.8 (1.2–2.6) | 22.3 | 1.4 (0.9–2.2) |
| 40–49 | 17.1 | 21.9 | 1.8 (1.4–2.4) | 21.7 | 1.5 (1.3–2.1) | 25.3 | 2.3 (1.7–3.3) | 21.1 | 1.6 (1.0–2.6) |
| 50+ | 19.0 | 26.3 | 1.9 (1.4–2.6) | 24.5 | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) | 26.0 | 2.1 (1.4–3.0) | 27.6 | 1.9 (1.3–2.6) |
| Sex: Male | 47.8 | 44.3 | 1.0 | 41.0 | 1.0 | 44.4 | 1.0 | 45.1 | 1.0 |
| Female | 52.3 | 55.7 | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 59.0 | 1.3 (1.0–1.7) | 55.6 | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 55.0 | 1.1 (0.7–1.5) |
| Race: Black | 76.0 | 73.3 | 1.0 | 86.7 | 1.0 | 83.4 | 1.0 | 96.6 | 1.0 |
| Coloured | 11.1 | 9.2 | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 5.2 | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | 5.2 | 0.4 (0.3–0.7) | 1.4 | 0.01 (0.03–0.4) |
| White | 9.8 | 12.6 | 1.4 (0.8–2.7) | 5.1 | 0.4 (0.2–1.1) | 7.1 | 0.6 (0.2–1.8) | 0.3 | 0.02 (0.003–0.1) |
| Indian/Asian | 3.1 | 4.8 | 1.7 (1.1–2.7) | 3.0 | 0.8 (0.4–1.5) | 4.3 | 1.2 (0.6–2.3) | 1.8 | 0.4 (0.2–0.9) |
| Currently married | 48.4 | 57.0 | 1.5 (1.1–1.8) | 52.6 | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 56.9 | 1.3 (1.0–1.8) | 55.4 | 1.3 (0.9–1.8) |
| Rural | 38.4 | 36.0 | 0.9 (0.7–1.1) | 43.3 | 1.3 (1.0–1.7) | 40.2 | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | 48.5 | 1.6 (1.1–2.1) |
| Employed | 30.0 | 33.7 | 1.2 (0.9–1.5) | 33.3 | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 34.4 | 1.2 (0.9–1.6) | 34.2 | 1.2 (0.9–1.5) |
| Highs school completed | 40.7 | 41.3 | 1.1 (0.8–1.4) | 33.8 | 0.7 (0.6–0.9) | 36.2 | 0.8 (0.6–1.2) | 25.3 | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) |
| Traumatic Life Events | |||||||||
| None | 39.2 | 24.3 | 1.0 | 20.4 | 1.0 | 18.6 | 1.0 | 21.4 | 1.0 |
| 1–2 | 39.4 | 39.6 | 1.6 (1.2–2.0) | 28.0 | 1.7 (1.3–2.4) | 24.4 | 1.7 (1.1–2.6) | 36.7 | 1.6 (1.0–2.3) |
| 3–4 | 14.9 | 23.8 | 2.4 (1.9–3.0) | 27.5 | 3.2 (2.2–4.7) | 32.4 | 3.9 (2.4–6.4) | 25.4 | 2.5 (1.6–4.0) |
| 5 + | 6.5 | 12.2 | 2.7 (2.0–3.6) | 14.2 | 3.6 (2.5–5.1) | 14.7 | 3.8 (2.2–6.5) | 16.5 | 3.7 (2.6–5.3) |
| No Disorder | 72.8 | 56.3 | 1.0 | 51.4 | 1.0 | 48.2 | 1.0 | 55.3 | 1.0 |
| Any Disorder | 27.2 | 43.7 | 1.9 (1.6–2.3) | 48.6 | 2.3 (1.8–2.9) | 51.8 | 2.5 (1.7–3.5) | 44.7 | 1.8 (1.3–2.4) |