Table 2.
Pattern of health-seeking behavior of undergraduates towards mental health services.
| S/N | Statements | Responses (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | R | OCC | ALW | ||
| 1. | How often do you engage in discussions about your mental health | 157 (34.9) | 170 (37.8) | 111 (24.7) | 12 (2.7) |
| 2. | How often do you visit the mental centre in the school | 277 (61.6) | 98 (21.8) | 69 (15.3) | 6 (1.3) |
| 3. | How often have you been emotionally troubled that you felt a need to seek help | 103 (22.9) | 158 (35.1) | 147 (32.7) | 42 (9.3) |
| 4. | How often do you speak to your friends about a particular problem | 78 (17.3) | 166 (36.9) | 162 (36.0) | 44 (9.8) |
| 5. | How often do you speak to your parents or relatives when you are emotionally disturbed | 119 (26.4) | 154 (34.2) | 130 (28.9) | 47 (10.4) |
| 6. | How often do you speak to your boyfriend or girlfriend about personal issues | 164 (36.4) | 98 (21.8) | 102 (22.7) | 86 (19.1) |
| Good behavior | 305 (67.8) | ||||
| Poor behavior | 145 (32.2) | ||||
Key: N= Never-1; R= Rarely-2; OCC=Occasionally-3; ALW=Always-4.