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. 2015 Oct 3;51:81–92. doi: 10.1007/s00127-015-1130-2

Table 5.

Self-efficacy for seeking care, among men and women suffering from depression and/or suicidality as compared to those not suffering from any mental condition

Self-efficacy for seeking care Population not reporting any of the mental disorders investigated* (n = 502, men: n = 271 and women, n = 231) Population with depression and/or suicidality (n = 247, men: n = 78 and women, n = 169)
Men Women p value** Men Women p value**
If you need mental health care, I feel confident in my ability to: Low confidence High confidence Low confidence High confidence Low confidence High confidence Low confidence High confidence
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
1. Knowledge
 Find a place to get mental health treatment 95 (35.4) 71 (26.5) 100 (43.7) 75 (32.8) 0.185 29 (37.7) 23 (29.9) 96 (57.5) 42 (25.1) 0.007
 Get transportation to mental health care service 111 (41.7) 59 (22.2) 112 (48.5) 56 (24.2) 0.208 44 (57.9) 15 (19.7) 104 (62.3) 31 (18.6) 0.053
 Pay for the transportation to mental health care service 101 (47.9) 34 (16.1) 99 (49.3) 41 (20.4) 0.183 36 (50.0) 13 (18.1) 100 (69.4) 18 (12.5) 0.006
 Pay the fee for the mental health care service, if there is one 135 (51.1) 50 (18.9) 109 (48.7) 34 (15.2) 0.387 44 (59.5) 10 (13.5) 115 (69.3) 22 (13.3) 0.005
 Clearly tell the staff what is troubling me 42 (15.8) 74 (27.8) 57 (24.8) 73 (31.7) 0.550 13 (17.1) 28 (36.8) 43 (25.7) 84 (50.3) 0.092
 Understand the information given to me by the staff 35 (13.2) 117 (44.0) 31 (13.4) 87 (37.7) 0.983 7 (9.1) 40 (51.9) 18 (10.8) 97 (58.4) 0.018
 Be able to follow the treatment recommendations made by the staff 25 (9.3) 142 (53.0) 25 (10.9) 107 (46.7) 0.952 5 (6.6) 43 (56.6) 12 (7.2) 105 (63.3) 0.005
2. Coping
 Cope well with the consequences of seeking care 25 (9.3) 133 (49.4) 25 (10.9) 104 (45.2) 0.554 5 (6.5) 37 (48.1) 13 (7.8) 95 (56.9) 0.019
 Cope well with family or friends’ reactions to me seeking mental health treatment 32 (11.9) 137 (51.1) 19 (8.2) 115 (49.8) 0.607 11 (14.3) 38 (49.4) 16 (9.6) 100 (59.9) 0.007
 Cope well with the attitudes that the staff may have towards me 28 (10.4) 137 (51.1) 23 (10.0) 114 (49.4) 0.513 7 (9.3) 34 (45.3) 16 (9.6) 110 (65.9) 0.000
 Overcome any embarrassment I may have about seeking mental health treatment 32 (12.0) 133 (49.8) 44 (19.0) 111 (48.1) 0.278 12 (15.6) 40 (51.9) 23 (13.8) 101 (60.5) 0.046

* Current or past depression, suicidality, PTSD or generalized anxiety disorders. From the total sample (n = 917), those presenting suicidality, PTSD or generalized anxiety disorders (n = 166) are excluded from the analysis in this table

** p values are calculated on ordinal knowledge and coping variables (a–k items) using the Mann–Whitney U test and presents differences between men and women in the respective populations