Table 3.
Factors association with help seeking behavior for problematic substance uses
| Variables | Help seeking | (Crude odd ratio) (95% CI) | AOR 95% CI |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||
| Age in years | |||||
| 18–24 | 56 | 106 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 25–35 | 91 | 196 | .88 (.58, 1.32) | .89 (.57, 1.41) | .63 |
| > 35 | 21 | 78 | .51 (.28, .91) | .47 (.25, .90)a | .022 |
| Common mental disorders | |||||
| Yes | 85 | 64 | 5.0 (3.37, 7.58) | 4.12 (2.7, 6.3)a | <.0001 |
| No | 83 | 316 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Medical illnesses | |||||
| Yes | 38 | 33 | 3.1 (1.85, 5.11) | 3.00 (1.69, 5.34)a | <.0001 |
| No | 130 | 347 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Grand family history of substance use | |||||
| Yes | 125 | 194 | 2.8 (1.87, 4.16) | 2.18 (1.42, 3.37)a | <.0001 |
| No | 43 | 186 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Substance user friend | |||||
| Yes | 78 | 126 | 1.7 (1.2, 2.5) | 1.43(.95, 2.16) | .087 |
| No | 90 | 254 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
a (significance at P value <.05) and 1.00 (reference)