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