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Table 3 Frequency distribution of participants with mental disorders in the 12 months before the interview (N = 406)

From: Comprehensive determinants of health service utilisation for mental health reasons in a canadian catchment area

  

Distribution of the entire sample of participants (N = 406)

Participants who have used health services (N = 212)

P value (used versus did not use health services)

   

n

%

n

%*

 

Predisposing factors

Gender

Female

229

56.4

134

58.5

.157

  

Male

177

43.6

78

44.1

 
 

Country of birth

Canada

329

81.0

142

43.2

.001

  

Other

68

15.1

32

47.1

 
 

Self-perception of mental health

Excellent/Very good

99

24.4

33

33.3

<.001

  

Good

170

41.9

91

53.5

 
  

Fair/Poor

137

33.7

87

63.5

 
 

Self-perception of physical health

Excellent/Very good

111

27.4

50

45.0

<.001

  

Good

145

35.7

74

51

 
  

Fair/Poor

150

36.9

88

58.7

 
 

General satisfaction with life

Very satisfied/Satisfied

208

51.3

97

46.6

<.001

  

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

111

27.3

60

54.1

 
  

Dissatisfied/Very dissatisfied

83

20.4

53

63.9

 

Enabling factors

Main source of income

Salary

183

45.1

99

54.1

.258

  

Social welfare

52

12.8

25

48.1

.572

  

Rent or retirement pension

19

4.7

8

42.1

.024

  

Unemployment insurance

11

2.7

5

45.5

.258

  

Other

17

4.1

9

56.3

.090

Needs

Emotional problems in the 12 months pre-interview

230

56.7

161

70.0

<.001

 

Lifetime victim of violence

198

48.8

133

67.2

<.001

 

Lifetime aggressive behaviour

191

47.0

117

61.3

<.001

 

Types of mental health disorders in the 12 months pre-interview

Major depressive episode

209

51.5

129

61.7

<.001

  

Alcohol dependence

97

23.9

43

44.3

<.001

  

Social phobia

80

19.7

41

51.3

.001

  

Drug dependence

77

19.0

34

44.2

<.001

  

Mania

45

11.1

23

51.1

<.001

  

Panic disorder

44

10.8

22

50.0

.002

  

Agoraphobia

29

7.1

19

65.5

.017

  

Post-traumatic stress disorder

18

4.4

8

44.4

.094