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. 2020 Oct 19;2(11):e582–e593. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30224-7

Table 3.

Mental health service preferences and use at assessment

Total 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Analysis of change over time
Main purpose of using MindSpot*
Assessment and information 65 042/97 127 (67·0%) 3547/6748 (52·6%) 7177/11 456 (62·6%) 8726/13 533 (64·5%) 10 878/15 814 (68·8%) 8109/11 133 (72·8%) 13 661/19 049 (71·7%) 12 944/19 394 (66·7%) ..
Treatment 25 165/97 127 (25·9%) 2877/6748 (42·6%) 3768/11 456 (32·9%) 3966/13 533 (29·3%) 3904/15 814 (24·7%) 1986/11 133) (17·8%) 3488/19 049 (18·3%) 5176/19 394 (26·7%) ..
Other 6920/97 127 (7·1%) 324/6748 (4·8%) 511/11 456 (4·5%) 841/13 533 (6·2%) 1032/15 814 (6·5%) 1038/11 133 (9·3%) 1900/19 049 (10·0%) 1274/19 394 (6·6%) χ2=139·9, p<0·0001
Main reason for choosing MindSpot over traditional services
Privacy and anonymity 28 533/86 128 (33·1%) .. .. 4512/14 341 (31·5%) 5329/17 094 (31·2%) 6272/17 693 (35·4%) 6467/18 255 (35·4%) 5953/18 745 (31·8%) ..
Convenience and cost 29 038/86 128 (33·7%) .. .. 5158/14 341 (36·0%) 5559/17 094 (32·5%) 5600/17 693 (31·7%) 6066/18 255 (33·2%) 6655/18 745 (35·5%) ..
Other 28 557/86 128 (33·2%) .. .. 4671/14 341 (32·6%) 6206/17 094 (36·3%) 5821/17 693 (32·9%) 5722/18 255 (31·3%) 6137/18 745 (32·7%) χ2=0·6, p=0·44
Treatment history
Current psychotropic medication 29 515/108 031 (27·3%) 2468/7722 (32·0%) 3801/12 826 (29·6%) 4125/15 102 (27·3%) 4907/17 443 (28·1%) 4458/17 823 (25·0%) 4544/18 273 (24·9%) 5212/18 842 (27·7%) χ2=103·7, p<0·0001
Never seen a health professional 36 866/106 811 (34·5%) 2972/8038 (37·0%) 4460/12 916 (34·5%) 3728/13 476 (27·7%) 6105/17 443 (35·0%) 6695/17 823 (37·6%) 6678/18 273 (36·5%) 6228/18 842 (33·1%) χ2=7·2, p=0·0069
Speaks to general practitioner about mental health 27 129/57 176 (47·4%) .. .. 4486/9454 (47·5%) 7513/15 756 (47·7%) 7245/15 769 (45·9%) .. 7885/16 197 (48·7%) χ2=4·4, p=0·035

Data are n/N (%), where numerators are the number of positive responses and denominators are the number of patients who provided an answer to that question.

*

Missing data from July to Dec, 2017, due to system changes.

Data available from July, 2015.

Question introduced April, 2015; missing data for 2018 due to system changes.