Table 4.
Help-seeking and treatment preferences
| Sources of helpa | Male (n=114)
|
Female (n=116)
|
χ2 P-value |
Qataris (n=100)
|
Non-Qataris (n=180)
|
χ2 P-value |
Science based (n=177)
|
Non-science based (n=105)
|
χ2 P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % yes/maybe responses (n/total) | % yes/maybe responses (n/total) | % yes/maybe responses (n/total) | % yes/maybe responses (n/total) | % yes/maybe responses (n/total) | % yes/maybe responses (n/total) | ||||
| Family member | 84.3 (86/102) | 84.6 (110/130) | 0.53 | 83.8 (67/80) | 84.7 (128/151) | 0.38 | 84.1 (122/145) | 85.0 (74/87) | 0.78 |
| Friend | 85.3 (87/102) | 70.8 (92/130) | <0.01** | 72.8 (59/81) | 79.3 (119/150) | 0.46 | 76.6 (111/145) | 78.2 (68/87) | 0.91 |
| Psychiatric doctor | 80.4 (82/102) | 82.7 (105/127) | 0.88 | 77.6 (62/80) | 83.8 (124/148) | 0.39 | 86.6 (123/142) | 73.5 (64/87) | <0.01** |
| Counselor | 66.3 (67/101) | 66.1 (84/127) | 0.89 | 69.6 (55/79) | 64.2 (95/148) | 0.67 | 68.4 (97/142) | 62.8 (54/86) | 0.48 |
| Spiritual healer | 63.7 (65/102) | 59.8 (76/127) | 0.31 | 60.7 (48/79) | 62.4 (93/149) | 0.17 | 59.5 (85/143) | 65.2 (56/86) | <0.01*** |
| Pharmacist | 42.6 (43/101) | 46.7 (57/122) | 0.82 | 45.5 (35/77) | 44.9 (65/145) | 0.35 | 45.7 (63/138) | 43.5 (37/85) | 0.95 |
| General physician | 45.6 (46/101) | 49.2 (62/126) | 0.30 | 48.7 (38/78) | 47.3 (70/148) | 0.92 | 47.6 (67/141) | 47.7 (41/86) | 0.64 |
| Nurse | 34.6 (35/101) | 39.5 (49/124) | 0.37 | 41.6 (32/77) | 35.4 (52/147) | 0.66 | 34.3 (48/140) | 42.3 (36/85) | 0.35 |
| Internet | 62.4 (63/101) | 68.6 (85/124) | 0.49 | 64.5 (51/79) | 66.9 (97/145) | 0.80 | 68.6 (96/140) | 61.2 (52/85) | 0.41 |
| Treatment preferencesa | |||||||||
| Medication | 62.0 (62/100) | 72.7 (96/132) | 0.04* | 67.1 (55/82) | 68.5 (102/149) | 0.86 | 71.2 (104/146) | 62.8 (54/86) | 0.41 |
| Natural product | 50.0 (50/100) | 50.4 (64/127) | 0.94 | 54.3 (44/81) | 47.6 (69/145) | 0.14 | 47.1 (66/140) | 55.2 (48/87) | 0.44 |
| Support group | 65.0 (65/100) | 56.9 (74/130) | 0.43 | 57.3 (47/82) | 61.9 (91/147) | 0.35 | 62.9 (90/143) | 56.3 (49/87) | 0.41 |
| Individual counseling | 72.0 (72/100) | 65.9 (85/129) | 0.10 | 68.3 (56/82) | 68.5 (100/146) | 0.89 | 73.4 (105/143) | 60.5 (52/86) | 0.08 |
| Spiritual healing | 54.0 (54/100) | 48.0 (60/125) | 0.30 | 45.0 (36/80) | 54.2 (78/144) | 0.09 | 60.0 (84/140) | 35.3 (30/85) | <0.01*** |
| Family or friend’s support | 83.0 (83/100) | 84.1 (111/132) | 0.94 | 85.4 (70/82) | 82.6 (123/149) | 0.78 | 84.2 (123/146) | 82.6 (71/86) | 0.49 |
| Marriage | 27.3 (27/99) | 15.2 (19/125) | 0.04* | 17.3 (14/81) | 22.5 (32/142) | 0.64 | 21.0 (29/138) | 19.8 (17/86) | 0.82 |
| Cope by self | 36.0 (36/100) | 33.3 (42/126) | 0.66 | 38.8 (31/80) | 32.4 (47/145) | 0.57 | 37.1 (52/140) | 30.2 (26/86) | 0.51 |
Notes: n= number of observations; total = total of valid responses;
*
P<0.05,
**
P<0.01,
***
P<0.001.
a
Participants were able to select more than one source of help and treatment preferences.