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Table 3 Sociodemographic associations of common mental disorders and harmful alcohol use in a representative sample of the general population of Greece (18–70), N = 4894

From: Prevalence and sociodemographic associations of common mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of the general population of Greece

 

Depressive episode

Any anxiety disorder

Harmful alcohol use

Score on the CIS-R ≥121

 

%

Adjusted OR2

95% CI3

%

Adjusted OR2

95% CI3

%

Adjusted OR2

95% CI3

%

Adjusted OR2

95% CI3

Gender

            

Men

2.10%

1.00

Ref

4.49%

1.00

Ref

16.95%

1.00

Ref

10.85%

1.00

Ref

Women

3.68%

1.66

1.12 – 2.47

8.45%

2.12

1.61 – 2.78

8.51%

0.53

0.43 – 0.64

17.21%

1.69

1.39 – 2.05

Age

            

18-29

1.38%

1.00

Ref

4.64%

1.00

Ref

14.85%

1.00

Ref

8.16%

1.00

Ref

30-39

2.03%

1.58

0.75 – 3.34

5.80%

1.19

0.76 – 1.87

13.86%

0.99

0.75 – 1.31

10.95%

1.29

0.92 – 1.80

40-49

2.46%

1.65

0.74 – 3.65

6.52%

1.16

0.72 – 1.88

13.70%

1.00

0.73 – 1.37

14.78%

1.58

1.11 – 2.24

50-59

3.86%

2.11

0.94 – 4.73

6.84%

0.97

0.58 – 1.63

12.97%

0.87

0.61 – 1.24

16.83%

1.41

0.97 – 2.05

60-70

5.56%

2.05

0.85 – 4.94

9.44%

0.92

0.51 – 1.65

7.11%

0.40

0.25 – 0.65

22.44%

1.29

0.84 – 1.96

Marital Status

            

Married

2.74%

1.00

Ref

6.24%

1.00

Ref

11.15%

1.00

Ref

14.76%

1.00

Ref

Single

1.52%

1.11

0.57 – 2.13

4.08%

0.79

0.52 – 1.21

16.11%

1.41

1.09 – 1.84

8.23%

0.88

0.65 – 1.19

Divorced/Separated

5.83%

2.10

1.13 – 3.90

12.08%

1.89

1.22 – 2.93

18.33%

1.77

1.23 - 2.54

22.50%

1.67

1.19 – 2.34

Widowed

11.27%

2.44

1.39 – 4.30

16.43%

1.66

1.05 – 2.63

4.69%

0.57

0.29 – 1.13

34.27%

1.72

1.21 – 2.44

Educational Qual.

            

None/Primary Educ.

5.40%

1.00

Ref

9.72%

1.00

Ref

12.63%

1.00

Ref

23.65%

1.00

Ref

Lower Secondary

4.27%

1.18

0.72 – 1.93

7.28%

0.99

0.68 – 1.45

15.18%

0.79

0.59 – 1.07

19.32%

1.05

0.81 – 1.36

Upper Secondary

1.92%

0.67

0.40 – 1.14

5.15%

0.81

0.55 – 1.17

12.65%

0.55

0.41 – 0.73

10.14%

0.60

0.46 – 0.78

Technical Vocational

1.82%

0.61

0.26 – 1.42

4.56%

0.69

0.39 – 1.22

10.02%

0.41

0.27 – 0.62

8.66%

0.49

0.33 – 0.74

Tertiary Education

1.30%

0.40

0.15 – 1.09

5.47%

0.82

0.47 – 1.44

10.94%

0.50

0.32 – 0.75

10.16%

0.56

0.37 – 0.84

Employment Status

            

Full-time/part-time

2.19%

1.00

Ref

5.42%

1.00

Ref

14.91%

1.00

Ref

11.62%

1.00

Ref

Looking after house

3.47%

0.73

0.41 – 1.30

6.80%

0.64

0.43 – 0.95

6.37%

0.60

0.42 – 0.87

17.95%

0.80

0.60 – 1.06

Unemployed

5.43%

2.46

1.20 – 5.04

9.24%

1.58

0.92 – 2.73

19.57%

1.37

0.93 – 2.04

18.48%

1.68

1.12 – 2.54

Retired

5.37%

0.72

0.39 – 1.31

9.88%

0.88

0.56 – 1.39

8.32%

0.89

0.58 – 1.37

22.36%

0.85

0.61 – 1.17

Other Econ. Inactive

2.49%

1.04

0.54 – 1.99

5.93%

1.06

0.69 – 1.64

11.09%

0.69

0.50 – 0.94

11.85%

1.06

0.77 – 1.47

Type of locality

            

Urban

3.02%

1.00

Ref

6.07%

1.00

Ref

10.07%

1.00

Ref

13.50%

1.00

Ref

Semi-rural

1.97%

0.58

0.31 – 1.08

7.39%

1.18

0.82 – 1.69

15.16%

1.53

1.18 - 1.99

14.66%

1.02

0.78 – 1.33

Rural

3.05%

0.93

0.64 – 1.36

6.85%

1.13

0.87 – 1.48

16.14%

1.61

1.33 – 1.94

14.77%

1.01

0.84 – 1.23

Presence of Chronic Physical Diseases

            

No

1.01%

1.00

Ref

2.49%

1.00

Ref

12.92%

1.00

Ref

5.70%

1.00

Ref

Yes

5.80%

3.5

2.34 – 5.24

12.64%

3.96

2.96 – 5.31

12.33%

1.22

0.92 – 1.62

26.89%

3.62

2.92 – 4.50

  1. 1 A score on the CIS-R ≥12 represents a dimensional view of clinically significant psychiatric morbidity; 2 OR Odds Ratio adjusted for all other variables of the table; 3 CI Confidence intervals. Figures in bold statistically significant at p < 0.05.