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Table 10 Students perceptions of the helpfulness of specific treatments for depression (N = 342*)

From: The assessment of depression awareness and help-seeking behaviour: experiences with the International Depression Literacy Survey

 

2nd Year Medical

4th Year Medical

ANU

Chinese

2nd vs 4th Year Medical

ANU vs Chinese

 

n = 91

n = 78

n = 36

n = 133

p valuea

p valuea

Becoming more physically active %

99

100

97

84

1.000

0.063

Changing your diet %

71

55

71

63

0.069

0.547

Having an occasional alcoholic drink %

17

21

13

33

0.676

0.044

Reading about people with similar problems and how they have dealt with them %

85

88

65

75

0.796

0.303

Reading self-help book(s) %

59

69

39

72

0.273

0.001

Taking antidepressant medications %

92

99

70

46

0.115

0.029

Taking natural remedies (e.g. vitamins) %

26

28

42

51

0.992

0.500

Taking sleeping tablets or sedatives %

24

12

14

31

0.092

0.117

Using brief counselling therapies (e.g. cognitive and/or behavioural therapies) %

100

96

82

68

0.184

0.178

Using long-term counselling %

94

87

77

66

0.156

0.352

  1. a Adjusted alpha = 0.05/10 = 0.005.
  2. * Data were missing for 9% of the valid sample (n = 32/374).