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. |