Table 1.
Demographics, clinical characteristics, and 6-month service use of the samplea.
| Characteristics | Full sample (N=418) | Ideation only (n=191) | Single attempt (n=89) | Multiple attempts (n=138) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 40.64 (11.94) | 41.77 (12.67) | 39.93 (11.39) | 39.52 (11.16) | |
| Sex, n (%) | |||||
| Male | 93 (22.2) | 53 (27.7) | 15 (17) | 25 (18.1) | |
| Female | 323 (77.3) | 138 (72.3) | 74 (83) | 111 (80.4) | |
| Relationship status, n (%) | |||||
| Married or de facto | 160 (38.3) | 82 (42.9) | 31 (35) | 47 (34.1) | |
| Separated, divorced, or widowed | 72 (17.2) | 30 (15.7) | 16 (18) | 26 (18.8) | |
| Never married | 186 (44.5) | 79 (41.4) | 42 (47) | 65 (47.1) | |
| Education, n (%) | |||||
| Postsecondary school qualifications | 349 (83.5) | 161 (84.3) | 76 (85) | 112 (81.2) | |
| Secondary school qualification only | 44 (10.5) | 19 (9.9) | 8 (9) | 17 (12.3) | |
| No qualification | 25 (6.0) | 11 (5.8) | 5 (6) | 9 (6.5) | |
| Employment status, n (%) | |||||
| Employed | 248 (59.3) | 129 (67.5) | 60 (67) | 59 (42.8) | |
| Unemployed | 66 (15.8) | 27 (14.1) | 13 (15) | 26 (18.8) | |
| Not in labor force | 104 (24.9) | 35 (18.3) | 16 (18) | 53 (38.4) | |
| Region, n (%) | |||||
| Metropolitan | 253 (60.5) | 125 (65.4) | 49 (55) | 79 (57.2) | |
| Regional | 107 (25.6) | 43 (22.5) | 29 (33) | 35 (25.4) | |
| Rural or remote | 56 (13.4) | 22 (11.5) | 11 (12) | 23 (16.7) | |
| Clinical characteristics, mean (SD) | |||||
| CES-Db | 40.26 (9.62) | 39.06 (8.88) | 39.99 (9.69) | 42.09 (10.33) | |
| GAD-7c scale | 13.27 (5.07) | 12.90 (5.12) | 12.78 (5.40) | 14.10 (4.70) | |
| C-SSRSd ideation severity | 3.18 (1.18) | 2.95 (1.17) | 3.31 (1.06) | 3.51 (1.11) | |
| Service use, n (%) | |||||
| Any service | 404 (96.7) | 186 (97.4) | 83 (93) | 135 (97.8) | |
| General practitioner | 385 (92.1) | 179 (93.7) | 78 (88) | 128 (92.8) | |
| Mental health professionalse | 295 (70.6) | 128 (67.0) | 60 (67) | 107 (77.5) | |
| Hospital services for mental healthf | 93 (22.2) | 26 (13.6) | 18 (20) | 49 (35.5) | |
| Acute servicesg | 84 (20.1) | 19 (9.9) | 16 (18) | 49 (35.5) | |
| Mental health helplines | 126 (30.1) | 46 (24.1) | 26 (29) | 54 (39.1) | |
| Other servicesh | 120 (28.7) | 45 (23.6) | 25 (28) | 50 (36.2) | |
aIn the full sample, 2 participants did not indicate their sex as male or female, and 2 participants did not provide information on region. There were no other missing data.
bCES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.
cGAD-7: 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
dC-SSRS: Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale.
eIncludes psychologists and psychiatrists.
fIncludes inpatient and outpatient services.
gIncludes psychiatric crisis support team and police or ambulance for mental health crisis.
hIncludes social worker, counsellor, and self-help group.