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. 2018 May 4;18:122. doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1700-4

Table 4.

Predictors of intending to engage in self-help/other strategies examined using simultaneous binary logistic regression (n = 3760)

Predictor variable Enjoyable/relaxing/physical activities or taking break Using religious-oriented strategies Dealing with educational difficulties Understand problem/self-initiated effort to resolve it
Adjusted OR
(99% CI)
Adjusted OR
(99% CI)
Adjusted OR
(99% CI)
Adjusted OR
(99% CI)
Gender (reference group: Male)
Female 1.73** (1.11, 2.70) 1.72*** (1.17, 2.52)
Faculty (reference group: Medicine)
Arts and Education 0.39** (0.19, 0.79)
[Equiv OR = 2.56]
Year of study (reference group: 1st year)
5th Year (Medicine) 0.22** (0.05, 0.96)
[Equiv OR = 4.54]
Whether those who personally experienced the problem sought help (reference group: help not sought)
Help sought 0.55** (0.33, 0.90)
[Equiv OR = 1.82]
0.26** (0.09, 0.76)
[Equiv OR = 3.85]
Screening positive for Major Depression (reference group: No)
Yes 0.55** (0.30, 1.00)
[Equiv OR = 1.82]
Recognition of problem (reference group: not recognised)
Recognised as depression 1.78*** (1.20, 2.63) 0.20*** (0.10, 0.39)
[Equiv OR = 5.00]
Recognised using mental health-related labels (excluding the label “depression”) 1.44** (1.07, 1.92) 0.47*** (0.34, 0.66)
[Equiv OR = 2.13]
Stigma Scale Scores
Weak-not-Sick Scale 1.10** (1.02, 1.18)
[IQOR = 1.33]
Nagelkerke R2 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.04

** p < .01; *** p < .001

Notes

Interquartile ORs abbreviated as IQOR

ORs < 1 were converted into 1/OR and have been presented as Equiv OR

Only adjusted ORs for the variables which were found to be significant predictors of the undergraduates’ intentions to seek self-help strategies have been provided