Table 3.
Predicting 6-month service use in the full sample: contact with hospital services for mental health, acute services, mental health helplines, and other services.
| Characteristics | Hospital services for mental healtha, ORb (95% CI) |
Acute servicesc, OR (95% CI) |
Mental health helplines, OR (95% CI) |
Other servicesd, OR (95% CI) |
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| Age | 0.98 (0.96-1.01) | 1.00 (0.97-1.02) | 0.97 (0.95-0.99)e | 1.00 (0.97-1.02) | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Female | 2.14 (1.02-4.47)f | 1.34 (0.67-2.68) | 1.39 (0.76-2.55) | 1.71 (0.94-3.09) | ||
| Relationship status | ||||||
| Married or de facto | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Separated, divorced, or widowed | 0.46 (0.20-1.07) | 0.68 (0.31-1.49) | 0.65 (0.31-1.37) | 1.24 (0.66-2.34) | ||
| Never married | 0.85 (0.48-1.50) | 0.81 (0.44-1.46) | 1.43 (0.86-2.40) | 0.85 (0.51-1.43) | ||
| Education | ||||||
| Postsecondary school qualifications | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Secondary school qualification only | 1.67 (0.75-3.74) | 2.19 (0.99-4.82) | 0.54 (0.24-1.19) | 1.54 (0.76-3.13) | ||
| No qualification | 2.41 (0.90-6.49) | 1.08 (0.36-3.22) | 0.97 (0.37-2.56) | 1.79 (0.74-4.34) | ||
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Unemployed | 1.02 (0.49-2.11) | 0.74 (0.34-1.61) | 1.12 (0.60-2.09) | 1.22 (0.66-2.26) | ||
| Not in labor force | 1.85 (0.99-3.43) | 1.34 (0.71-2.51) | 0.97 (0.53-1.75) | 0.91 (0.51-1.62) | ||
| Region | ||||||
| Metropolitan | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Regional | 1.29 (0.72-2.31) | 1.20 (0.66-2.18) | 1.29 (0.76-2.21) | 1.08 (0.64-1.81) | ||
| Rural or remote | 0.78 (0.34-1.76) | 1.07 (0.49-2.35) | 1.97 (0.99-3.91) | 0.97 (0.50-1.89) | ||
| Clinical characteristics | ||||||
| CES-Dg | 1.03 (0.99-1.07) | 1.01 (0.97-1.04) | 1.04 (1.00-1.07)f | 1.02 (0.99-1.05) | ||
| GAD-7h scale | 0.97 (0.91-1.03) | 1.02 (0.96-1.09) | 1.02 (0.97-1.08) | 0.98 (0.93-1.03) | ||
| C-SSRSi ideation severity | 1.34 (1.03-1.73)j | 1.26 (0.98-1.63) | 1.23 (0.98-1.53) | 0.95 (0.77-1.17) | ||
| Lifetime suicide attempt | ||||||
| Ideation only | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | 1 [reference] | ||
| Single attempt | 1.29 (0.64-2.59) | 1.80 (0.86-3.79) | 1.03 (0.56-1.90) | 1.18 (0.66-2.13) | ||
| Multiple attempts | 2.59 (1.43-4.72)k | 4.18 (2.22-7.85)l | 1.54 (0.90-2.65) | 1.71 (1.01-2.90)m | ||
aIncludes inpatient and outpatient services.
bOR: odds ratio.
cIncludes psychiatric crisis support team and police or ambulance for mental health crisis.
dIncludes social worker, counsellor, and self-help group.
eP=.004.
fP=.04.
gCES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.
hGAD-7: 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
iC-SSRS: Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale.
jP=.03.
kP=.002.
lP<.001.
mP=.046.