Table 6.

Clinical factors associated with the likelihood of under‐reporting contacts with physicians in the use‐of‐care section of the interviewa, b

Characteristics	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval
Mood disorders
Yes	0.44	[0.33; 0.58]***
No	1.00
Anxiety disorders
Yes	0.99	[0.73; 1.33]
No	1.00
Eating disorders
Yes	1.37	[0.82; 2.27]
No	1.00
Childhood disorders
Yes	0.63	[0.33; 1.21]
No	1.00
Use of sedative drugs
Yes	0.44	[0.33; 0.59]***
No	1.00
Chronic pain
Yes	0.96	[0.74; 1.26]
No	1.00
Number of years sincethe last symptoms
0–5 years	1.00
6–15 years	0.94	[0.66; 1.34]
>15 years	0.76	[0.45; 1.27]
Number of diagnosticsessions completed
1	1.00
≥2	0.90	[0.66; 1.24]

^aMultiple logistic regression adjusted for all socio‐demographic variables. All values were obtained after weighting.

^bParticipants having reported contacts with physicians in the diagnostic sections and not in the use‐of‐care section (n = 1097) versus those having reported contacts with physicians in both sections (n = 2105).

^*** p < 0.001.