Table 3.
Correlation of duration of untreated illness.
| β | 95% CI | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age | 0.001 | (–0.04, 0.04) | .965 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 0.453 | (–0.34, 1.24) | .259 |
| Female | Reference | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Malay | 0.529 | (–0.40, 1.46) | .265 |
| Indian | 0.045 | (–1.06, 1.15) | .936 |
| Chinese | Reference | ||
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 0.32 | (–0.74, 1.38) | .552 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 1.634 | (0.14, 3.13) | .032 |
| Single | Reference | ||
| Education | |||
| No formal/primary | 1.489 | (–0.30, 3.28) | .102 |
| Secondary | 0.519 | (–0.39, 1.42) | .260 |
| University and above | –0.077 | (–1.12, 0.96) | .884 |
| A level/polytechnic | Reference | ||
| Employment | |||
| Economically inactive | 1.041 | (–0.04, 2.12) | .059 |
| Unemployed | 0.174 | (–0.73, 1.08) | .706 |
| Employed | Reference | ||
| Diagnosis | |||
| Any mood disorders | 0.283 | (–0.70, 1.27) | .573 |
| Any anxiety disorder | 0.721 | (–0.31, 1.75) | .170 |
| Schizophrenia and related psychoses | Reference | ||
| First contact | |||
| Specialist care | 0.045 | (–0.10, 1.09) | .932 |
| Police/court | 0.313 | (–2.40, 3.03) | .821 |
| Non-formal sources of help | 0.207 | (–0.71, 1.13) | .658 |
| Religious/traditional treatment | –0.334 | (–3.71, 3.04) | .846 |
| Websites/media | –0.453 | (–2.60, 1.69) | .678 |
| Primary care | Reference | ||
| Person who initiated first contact | |||
| Police/court | –0.522 | (–3.11, 2.07) | .692 |
| Family/relatives | –1.049 | (–2.03, –0.07) | .036 |
| Friends | –1.068 | (–2.82, 0.69) | .232 |
| Others | –0.263 | (–1.93, 1.40) | .756 |
| Initiated on their own, i.e. self-referral | Reference | ||
CI: confidence interval.
Statistically significant p values (p<0.05) are in bold.