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. 2017 Jan 23;17:40. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1192-7

Table 3.

Correlates of helping intentions as per descriptive coding categories using binary logistic regression

Predictor variables Approach person Explore problem Provide support Encourage/help to get professional help Encourage/help to get informal help Encourage/help to engage in self-help
Adjusted and unadjusted+ OR (99% CI) Adjusted and unadjusted+ OR (99% CI) Adjusted and unadjusted+ OR (99% CI) Adjusted and unadjusted+ OR
(99% CI)
Adjusted and unadjusted+ OR
(99% CI)
Adjusted and unadjusted+ OR
(99% CI)
Gender (reference group: Male)
Female 1.43*** (1.17, 1.75)
1.44 *** (1.21, 1.70)
1.46** (1.02, 2.09)
1.41 ** (1.04, 1.90)
Faculty (reference group: Medicine)
Management and Finance 1.52** (1.02, 2.24)
2.65 *** (2.00, 3.52)
Year (reference group: 1st year)
2nd Year 0.58** (0.36, 0.93)
0.62 *** (0.42, 0.91)
0.59** (0.39, 0.90)
0.63 *** (0.45, 0.88)
3rd Year 0.74** (0.55, 0.99)
0.68 *** (0.55, 0.86)
5th Year (Medicine) 0.32*** (0.14, 0.73)
0.20 *** (0.11, 0.34)
2.39** (1.06, 5.38)
4.47 *** (2.63, 7.62)
Exposure to problem through personal experience (reference group: response: no)
Response: Yes 1.26** (1.00, 1.58)
1.40 *** (1.17, 1.68)
0.73** (0.57, 0.93)
0.64 *** (0.52, 0.77)
1.47** (1.05, 2.04)
1.46 *** (1.12, 1.92)
Recognition of problem in case vignette (reference group: not recognised)
Recognised as depression 0.49*** (0.36, 0.68)
0.29 *** (0.22, 0.37)
3.26*** (2.32, 4.59)
4.29 *** (3.26, 5.63)
Recognised using other mental health-related label 0.54*** (0.43, 0.68)
0.59 *** (0.48, 0.72)
2.22*** (1.72, 2.86)
2.50 *** (1.99, 3.14)
Stigma scale scores
Weak-not-Sick Scale 1.11*** (1.07, 1.16)
1.14 *** (1.10, 1.18)
0.88*** (0.85, 0.92)
0.86 *** (0.83, 0.89)
0.92** (0.86, 0.98)
0.94 ** (0.89, 1.00)
Dangerous-Undesirable Scale 0.93** (0.88, 0.98)
0.91 *** (0.87, 0.95)
Social Distance Scale 0.94** (0.89, 1.00)
0.94 ** (0.89, 0.99)
Nagelkerke R 2
(when all variables are entered simultaneously into model)
0.04 0.03 0.12 0.11 0.05 0.04

Notes.

** p < .01,*** p < 0.001

+ Unadjusted ORs and related 99% CIs have been italicised

n = 3740 for analyses where adjusted ORs were obtained; n = 4161 – 4442 for analyses where unadjusted ORs were obtained