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. 2014 Oct 1;5(4):175–186.
Table 2: Attitudes towards disclosing a mental health problem to a manager
Reasons n (%) 95% Confidence Interval
Reasons to disclose (n=1178)
Good relationship with manager 935 (79.4) 77.1–81.7
Organizational policies and practices 593 (50.3) 47.5–53.2
Supportive co-workers 571 (48.5) 45.6–51.3
Positive experiences of others in organization 398 (33.8) 31.1–36.5
Responsible thing to do 78 (6.6) 5.2–8.0
Other 40 (3.4) 2.4–4.4
Reasons not to disclose (n=717)
Afraid of hurting career 392 (54.6) 51.0–58.3
Fear of losing friends 105 (14.6) 12.1–17.2
Bad experiences of others 140 (19.5) 16.6–22.4
Would not impact work 215 (30.0) 26.6–33.3
Handle on own/private matter 79 (11.0) 8.7–13.3
Lack of trust 47 (6.6) 4.7–8.4
Embarrassed 33 (4.6) 3.1–6.1
Other 31 (4.3) 2.8–5.8
Note: Numbers may not sum due to missing values.