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Table 2 Crude and adjusted analyses of the associations between sociodemographic characteristics and multimorbidity with access to treatment among individuals with depression. PNS/Brazil, 2013. (n = 5.051)

From: Inequities in access to depression treatment: results of the Brazilian National Health Survey – PNS

Variables

No treatment (%)

Crude PRa (95 % CI)

Adjusted PRb (95 % CI)

Gender

 Male

15.2

1.00

1.00

 Female

23.5

1.63 (1.37-1.93)

1.42 (1.14-1.77)

Race/skin color

 Black

16.3

1.00

1.00

 White

25.3

1.69 (1.29-2.23)

1.66 (1.22-2.26)

 Asian

23.2

0.94 (0.43-2.09)

1.48 (0.72-3.02)

 Brown

18.0

1.26 (0.96-1.65)

1.30 (0.94-1.79)

 Indigenous

25.7

1.94 (0.79-4.75)

2.49 (1.60-3.86)

Geographical area

 Urban

21.7

1.54 (1.26-1.88)

1.03 (0.85-1.25)

 Rural

17.3

1.00

1.00

Age

 18 to 29

12.8

1.00

1.00

 30 to 39

20.7

1.93 (1.50-2.50)

1.69 (1.30-2.20)

 40 to 49

25.0

2.73 (2.12-3.51)

1.96 (1.51-2.56)

 50 to 59

24.1

3.13 (2.44-4.02)

1.94 (1.48-2.55)

 60 to 69

30.1

2.85 (2.17-3.75)

1.63 (1.20-2.20)

 70 or more

14.7

1.80 (1.31-2.48)

1.00 (0.71-1.43)

Macro-region

 North

9.8

1.00

1.00

 Northeast

13.7

1.44 (1.14-1.82)

1.31 (1.04-1.67)

 Center-west

14.1

1.63 (1.24-2.14)

1.34 (1.01-1.76)

 Southeast

24.1

2.14 (1.70-2.69)

1.75 (1.38-2.22)

 South

32.5

2.97 (2.34-3.76)

2.16 (1.68-2.79)

Marital status

 Married or living with a partner

22.3

1.00

1.00

 Single or no partner

19.4

1.08 (0.95-1.22)

1.11 (0.97-1.27)

Education

 None or incomplete primary school

22.2

1.00

1.00

 Complete primary school or incomplete high school

18.1

0.90 (0.74-1.09)

1.02 (0.83-1.25)

 Complete high school or incomplete college/university

18.0

0.90 (0.77-1.05)

1.09 (0.92-1.30)

 Complete college/university

29.7

1.46 (1.20-1.78)

1.37 (1.11-1.70)

Multimorbidity

 None

11.0

1.00

1.00

 One

18.9

1.69 (1.35-2.10)

1.52 (1.22-1.90)

 Two

23.8

2.68 (2.16-3.32)

2.28 (1.82-2.86)

 Three or more

31.9

3.45 (2.82-4.22)

2.83 (2.27-3.53)

  1. a PR Prevalence Ratio
  2. b Adjusted for all variables shown in Table 2