Help-seeking intentions for early signs of mental illness and their associated factors: comparison across four kinds of health problems

Suka, Machi; Yamauchi, Takashi; Sugimori, Hiroki

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2998-9

Table 4 Percentages of subjects reporting a positive help-seeking intention

From: Help-seeking intentions for early signs of mental illness and their associated factors: comparison across four kinds of health problems

	Categories	N	Irritability			Dizziness			Insomnia			Depressed mood
			n		p	n		p	n		p	n		p
Gender	Male	1621	988	61.0 %	<0.001	1274	78.6 %	<0.001	1129	69.6 %	<0.001	1090	67.2 %	<0.001
	Female	1687	1422	84.3 %		1569	93.0 %		1366	81.0 %		1387	82.2 %
Age	20–29 years	797	558	70.0 %	0.057	649	81.4 %	<0.001	574	72.0 %	0.084	574	72.0 %	0.206
	30–39	842	638	75.8 %		728	86.5 %		644	76.5 %		638	75.8 %
	40–49	837	616	73.6 %		741	88.5 %		643	76.8 %		635	75.9 %
	50–59	832	598	71.9 %		725	87.1 %		634	76.2 %		630	75.7 %
Marital status	Married	1960	1563	79.7 %	<0.001	1763	89.9 %	<0.001	1565	79.8 %	<0.001	1579	80.6 %	<0.001
	Unmarried	1184	737	62.2 %		937	79.1 %		805	68.0 %		776	65.5 %
	Divorced/widowed	164	110	67.1 %		143	87.2 %		125	76.2 %		122	74.4 %
Medical condition	No disease	2449	1788	73.0 %	0.116	2073	84.6 %	<0.001	1804	73.7 %	<0.001	1800	73.5 %	0.002
	Any disease	859	622	72.4 %		770	89.6 %		691	80.4 %		677	78.8 %
Psychological well-being (WHO-5 score)	Low (0–12)	1707	1158	67.8 %	<0.001	1425	83.5 %	<0.001	1210	70.9 %	<0.001	1177	69.0 %	<0.001
	High (13+)	1601	1252	78.2 %		1418	88.6 %		1285	80.3 %		1300	81.2 %
Psychiatric history	No	2689	1941	72.2 %	0.071	2268	84.3 %	<0.001	1987	73.9 %	<0.001	1975	73.4 %	<0.001
	Yes	619	469	75.8 %		575	92.9 %		508	82.1 %		502	81.1 %
Contact with people with mental illness	No	2006	1335	66.6 %	<0.001	1617	80.6 %	<0.001	1404	70.0 %	<0.001	1400	69.8 %	<0.001
	Yes	1302	1075	82.6 %		1226	94.2 %		1091	83.8 %		1077	82.7 %
Health literacy (HLS-14 score)	Low (14–50)	1853	1196	64.5 %	<0.001	1467	79.2 %	<0.001	1259	67.9 %	<0.001	1249	67.4 %	<0.001
	High (51+)	1455	1214	83.4 %		1376	94.6 %		1236	84.9 %		1228	84.4 %
Attitude to mental illness 1	Yes	1613	1179	73.1 %	0.762	1408	87.3 %	0.030	1238	76.8 %	0.084	1213	75.2 %	0.677
(dangerous)	No	1695	1231	72.6 %		1435	84.7 %		1257	74.2 %		1264	74.6 %
Attitude to mental illness 2	Yes	2171	1644	75.7 %	<0.001	1927	88.8 %	<0.001	1676	77.2 %	0.001	1675	77.2 %	<0.001
(unpredictable)	No	1137	766	67.4 %		916	80.6 %		819	72.0 %		802	70.5 %
Attitude to mental illness 3	Yes	696	460	66.1 %	<0.001	558	80.2 %	<0.001	465	66.8 %	<0.001	471	67.7 %	<0.001
(blameworthy)	No	2612	1950	74.7 %		2285	87.5 %		2030	77.7 %		2006	76.8 %
Attitude to mental illness 4	Yes	575	374	65.0 %	<0.001	455	79.1 %	<0.001	384	66.8 %	<0.001	383	66.6 %	<0.001
(never recover)	No	2733	2036	74.5 %		2388	87.4 %		2111	77.2 %		2094	76.6 %
Social network (LSNS-6 score)	Low (0–11)	1891	1231	65.1 %	<0.001	1559	82.4 %	<0.001	1300	68.7 %	<0.001	1276	67.5 %	<0.001
	High (12+)	1417	1179	83.2 %		1284	90.6 %		1195	84.3 %		1201	84.8 %
Neighborhood context 1	No	1221	744	60.9 %	<0.001	908	74.4 %	<0.001	778	63.7 %	<0.001	772	63.2 %	<0.001
(communicative)	Yes	2087	1666	79.8 %		1935	92.7 %		1717	82.3 %		1705	81.7 %
Neighborhood context 2	No	2550	1779	69.8 %	<0.001	2144	84.1 %	<0.001	1858	72.9 %	<0.001	1837	72.0 %	<0.001
(trustful)	Yes	758	631	83.2 %		699	92.2 %		637	84.0 %		640	84.4 %
Neighborhood context 3	No	2311	1584	68.5 %	<0.001	1919	83.0 %	<0.001	1662	71.9 %	<0.001	1634	70.7 %	<0.001
(helpful)	Yes	997	826	82.8 %		924	92.7 %		833	83.6 %		843	84.6 %
Neighborhood context 4	No	2045	1354	66.2 %	<0.001	1664	81.4 %	<0.001	1430	69.9 %	<0.001	1404	68.7 %	<0.001
(cooperative)	Yes	1263	1056	83.6 %		1179	93.3 %		1065	84.3 %		1073	85.0 %

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