Care-Seeking Pattern among Persons with Depression and Anxiety: A Population-Based Study in Sweden

Table 2

Proportion care seeking for psychological symptoms, among persons affected by depression and/or anxiety (𝑛=959).

	Proportion seeking care for psychological symptoms		𝑃 value*
	%	𝑛
Disorder
Depression	40.9	190	0.000
Anxiety	36.8	276
Depression and anxiety	60.9	493
Gender			0.01
Male	43.3	293
Female	49.4	666
Age
23–35 years	41.7	288	0.000
36–55 years	47.9	440
56–68 years	54.9	223
Born in Sweden			0.033
Yes	46.5	833
No	53.9	125
Household composition			0.000
Living with partner	41.8	497
Living with parents	46.9	23
Living with other	46.6	27
Single	56.5	412
Children in household			0.054
Yes	44.3	370
No	49.5	587
Education			0.004
Basic compulsory education or less	54.0	194
Secondary school	43.6	354
University or college	48.0	411
Labour market position			0.000
Employment/self-employed/on leave/studies/parental leave	42.9	709
Unemployment/labour market policy measures	61.1	58
Retirement pension	45.1	32
Sick leave/disability pension	79.8	150
Other	52.9	9
Close friendship			0.452
Having a close friend	46.9	855
Not having a close friend	51.2	103
Somatic illness			0.000
Currently treated	59.6	513
Currently not treated	38.3	446
Hazardous alcohol use			0.159
Yes	48.4	268
No	44.8	579
Depression severity			0.001
Minor depression	37.3	109
Major depression	46.8	81
Disability last 30 days due to psychological symptoms			0.000
Yes	69.2	301
No	41.3	653

^∗𝑃 value for chi-square testing.