Table 2.
Predicting 6-month service use in the full sample: contact with any service, general practitioners, and mental health professionals.
| Characteristics | Any service, ORa (95% CI) |
General practitioner, OR (95% CI) |
Mental health professionalsb, OR (95% CI) |
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| Age | 1.02 (0.96-1.07) | 1.03 (0.99-1.06) | 1.00 (0.98-1.02) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Female | 4.33 (1.19-15.72)c | 2.10 (0.89-4.94) | 1.52 (0.89-2.61) | ||
| Relationship status | |||||
| Married or de facto | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Separated, divorced, or widowed | 3.69 (0.42-32.66) | 1.39 (0.41-4.73) | 0.90 (0.48-1.69) | ||
| Never married | 2.43 (0.61-9.59) | 1.00 (0.41-2.42) | 1.30 (0.77-2.19) | ||
| Education | |||||
| Postsecondary school qualifications | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Secondary school qualification only | 1.34 (0.14-12.55) | 1.99 (0.42-9.51) | 1.37 (0.62-3.06) | ||
| No qualification | 0.14 (0.02-1.14) | 0.70 (0.14-3.51) | 0.44 (0.17-1.10) | ||
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Unemployed | 1.68 (0.26-10.89) | 0.74 (0.26-2.13) | 1.58 (0.82-3.07) | ||
| Not in labor force | 1.48 (0.26-8.50) | 0.82 (0.29-2.29) | 2.08 (1.12-3.85)d | ||
| Region | |||||
| Metropolitan | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Regional | N/Ae | 1.32 (0.48-3.65) | 1.35 (0.78-2.35) | ||
| Rural or remote | 0.35 (0.09-1.28) | 0.35 (0.13-0.91)c | 0.44 (0.23-0.83)f | ||
| Clinical characteristics | |||||
| CES-Dg | 0.99 (0.92-1.07) | 1.05 (1.00-1.10) | 0.99 (0.96-1.02) | ||
| GAD-7h scale | 1.11 (0.97-1.27) | 1.08 (0.99-1.18) | 1.05 (1.00-1.11) | ||
| C-SSRSi ideation severity | 1.00 (0.61-1.66) | 0.77 (0.54-1.10) | 1.06 (0.86-1.31) | ||
| Lifetime suicide attempt | |||||
| Ideation only | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Single attempt | 0.21 (0.05-0.86)c | 0.47 (0.18-1.19) | 0.95 (0.54-1.69) | ||
| Multiple attempts | 0.66 (0.13-3.40) | 0.88 (0.33-2.32) | 1.37 (0.79-2.38) | ||
aOR: odds ratio.
bIncludes psychologists and psychiatrists.
cP=.03.
dP=.02.
eN/A: not applicable. All participants in the regional category (n=107) had used some form of health service. As there were no noncases, an OR was not computed.
fP=.01.
gCES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.
hGAD-7: 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
iC-SSRS: Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale.