International Journal of Family Medicine / 2012 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Care-Seeking Pattern among Persons with Depression and Anxiety: A Population-Based Study in Sweden Table 3 Proportion care-seeking among persons with depression and/or anxiety by combination of health care units
. Only those having complete information on the care seeking questions were included.
Only GP
GP and psychiatrist/psychologist
GP and other
Psychiatrist/psychologist
Only other
No care seeking
%
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) Diagnosis Depression (459) 13.9 (64) 5.9 (27) 6.3 (29) 10.2 (47) 4.1 (19) 59.5 (273)* Anxiety (746) 11.4 (85) 5.2 (39) 5.4 (40) 9.7 (72) 5.0 (37) 63.4 (473)* Depression and anxiety (800) 15.1 (121)* 12.9 (103)* 12.6 (101)* 15.4 (123)* 4.4 (35) 39.6 (317) Gender Male (668) 12.7 (85) 7.6 (51) 7.0 (47) 11.4 (76) 4.0 (27) 57.2 (382)* Female (1337) 13.8 (185) 8.8 (118) 9.2 (123)* 12.4 (166) 4.8 (64) 50.9 (681) Age 23–35 years (683) 9.1 (62) 7.0 (48) 6.0 (41) 14.6 (100)* 4.8 (33) 58.4 (399)* 36–55 years (909) 12.8 (116) 9.0 (82) 8.9 (81) 12.5 (114) 4.3 (39) 52.5 (477) 56–68 years (354) 22.6 (80)* 9.0 (32)* 11.9 (42)* 7.6 (27) 4.8 (17) 44.1 (156) Born in Sweden Yes (1778) 12.8 (228) 8.2 (145) 8.0 (143) 12.4 (220)* 4.8 (86)* 53.8 (956)* No (226) 18.1 (41)* 10.6 (24)* 11.9 (27)* 9.7 (22) 2.2 (5) 47.3 (107) Household composition Living with partner (1181) 13.0 (154) 7.3 (86) 6.8 (80) 10.6 (125) 3.9 (46) 58.4 (690) Living with parent (48) 10.4 (5) 16.7 (8) 6.2 (3) 10.4 (5) 4.2 (2) 52.1 (25) Living with other (56) 14.3 (8) 5.4 (3) 7.1 (4) 10.7 (6) 7.1 (4) 55.4 (31) Single (720) 14.3 (103) 10.0 (72) 11.5 (83)* 14.7 (106)* 5.4 (39) 44.0 (317)* Children in household Yes (828) 12.7 (105) 9.3 (77) 7.6 (63) 11.1 (92) 3.3 (27) 56.0 (464) No (1171) 14.1 (165) 7.9 (92) 9.1 (106) 12.7 (149) 5.5 (64) 50.8 (595) Education Basic compulsory education or less (356) 22.8 (81)* 9.3 (33) 10.1 (36) 7.3 (26) 3.9 (14) 46.6 (166) Secondary school (804) 10.9 (88) 7.8 (63) 7.6 (61) 12.6 (101)* 4.4 (35)* 56.7 (456)* University or college (845) 12.0 (101) 8.6 (73) 8.6 (73) 13.6 (115)* 5.0 (42)* 52.2 (441)* Labour market position Employment/self-employed/on leave/studies/parental leave (1638) 11.7 (191) 7.1 (116) 7.0 (115) 12.3 (201) 4.6 (76) 57.3 (939)* Unemployment/labour market policy measures 19.4 (18)* 10.8 (10)* 14.0 (13)* 12.9 (12) 4.3 (4) 38.7 (36) Sick leave/disability pension (184) 21.7 (40)* 20.7 (38)* 17.9 (33)* 14.7 (27) 3.8 (7) 21.2 (39) Retirement (70) 27.1 (19)* 4.3 (2) 7.1 (5) 1.4 (1) 4.3 (3) 55.7 (39)* Close friendship Having a close friend (1804) 13.35 (243) 8.3 (150) 8.4 (151) 11.9 (214) 4.5 (81) 53.5 (965) Not having a close friend (200) 13.5 (27) 9.5 (19) 9.5 (19) 13.5 (27) 5.0 (10) 49.0 (98) Somatic illness Currently treated (853) 20.0 (171)* 10.9 (93)* 13.6 (116)* 9.6 (82) 5.2 (44) 40.7 (347) Currently not treated (1152) 8.6 (99) 6.6 (76) 4.7 (54) 13.9 (160)* 4.1 (47) 62.2 (716)* Hazardous alcohol use Yes (551) 12.0 (66) 11.3 (62)* 9.1 (50) 12.2 (67) 3.6 (20) 51.9 (286) No (1279) 13.8 (176) 6.9 (88) 7.7 (98) 11.6 (148) 4.7 (60) 55.4 (709) Depression severity Minor depression (172) 13.2 (38) 4.5 (13) 5.2 (15) 9.4 (27) 4.9 (14) 62.7 (180) Major depression (287) 15.1 (26) 8.1 (14) 8.1 (14) 11.6 (20) 2.9 (5) 54.1 (93) Disability last 30 days due to psychological symptoms Yes (428) 16.1 (69)* 13.1 (56)* 18.5 (79)* 15.4 (66)* 5.4 (23) 31.5 (135) No (1568) 12.7 (199) 7.2 (113) 5.8 (91) 11.0 (173) 4.3 (68) 58.9 (924)*
*Showing significant differences.
