Table 3. Conditional and Cumulative Probability of Persistence With Treatment After Previous Unhelpful Attempts, Among Respondents With Lifetime DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder Who Obtained Treatment.
| No. of professionals seen if not helped by the previous one | Conditional probability | Cumulative probability, % (SE) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | High-income countries | Low- and middle-income countries | All (n = 1868) | High-income countries (n = 1424) | Low- and middle-income countries (n = 444) | ||||
| No. | % (SE) | No. | % (SE) | No. | % (SE) | ||||
| 2 | 1868 | 74.4 (1.2) | 1424 | 77.2 (1.4) | 444 | 66.2 (2.1) | 74.4 (1.2) | 77.2 (1.4) | 66.2 (2.1) |
| 3 | 838 | 76.4 (1.9) | 654 | 75.7 (2.2) | 184 | 78.9 (3.4) | 56.9 (1.7) | 58.4 (2.0) | 52.3 (3.5) |
| 4 | 402 | 83.3 (1.9) | 312 | 85.4 (2.2) | 90 | 75.5 (4.3) | 47.4 (1.9) | 49.9 (2.2) | 39.5 (3.9) |
| 5 | 224 | 83.1 (2.9) | 180 | 83.8 (3.4) | 44 | 80.3 (4.6) | 39.4 (2.2) | 41.9 (2.5) | 31.7 (4.2) |
| 6 | 124 | 83.0 (3.2) | 102 | 85.3 (3.8) | 22 | 74.8 (6.2) | 32.7 (2.4) | 35.7 (2.7) | 23.7 (4.8) |
| 7 | 84 | 87.8 (3.5) | 69 | 89.7 (3.3) | 15 | 81.2 (10.0) | 28.7 (2.6) | 32.1 (3.0) | 19.3 (4.6) |
| 8 | 68 | 88.0 (5.5) | 56 | 96.9 (2.2) | 12 | 56.3 (16.0) | 25.3 (2.7) | 31.1 (3.1) | 10.8 (2.8) |
| 9 | 51 | 87.9 (10.5) | 43 | 85.6 (12.3) | 8 | 100 (0) | 22.2 (3.0) | 26.6 (3.9) | 10.8 (2.8) |
| 10 | 46 | 96.7 (2.4) | 39 | 96.0 (2.9) | 7 | 100 (0) | 21.5 (3.2) | 25.5 (4.3) | 10.8 (2.8) |