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Table 1 Prevalence of help seeking

From: Seeking informal and formal help for mental health problems in the community: a secondary analysis from a psychiatric morbidity survey in South London

 

Full sample (N = 1698)

CIS-R ≥12 (n = 396)

Informal help users (n = 577)

 

n

%

(95% CI)

n

%

(95% CI)

n

%

(95% CI)

Type of help*

         

Overall formal help

290

17.5

(15.7-19.5)

156

39.4

(34.4-44.5)

 

-

 

Overall informal help

579

36.1

(33.5-38.7)

239

62.5

(57.2-67.5)

 

-

 

Help composite variable

         

Formal help only

88

5.6

(4.5-7.0)

42

11.1

(8.2-15.0)

 

-

 

Informal help and formal help

201

12.8

(11.2-14.6)

113

29.0

(24.6-33.7)

 

-

 

Informal help only

377

23.3

(21.1-25.6)

126

33.6

(28.8-38.8)

 

-

 

No help

944

58.3

(55.7-61.0)

105

26.3

(21.9-31.4)

 

-

 

Informal help use

         

Friend

397

24.1

(21.9-26.5)

160

40.1

(35.1-45.4)

397

67.0

(62.7-71.1)

Family

370

23.4

(21.2-25.7)

158

42.1

(36.8-47.5)

370

64.9

(60.7-68.9)

Religious leaders

27

1.9

(1.2-2.8)

13

3.3

(1.8-5.8)

27

5.2

(3.5-7.8)

Other

42

2.4

(1.8-3.3)

14

3.1

(1.8-5.3)

42

6.6

(4.9-9.0)

  1. Frequencies show actual counts; percentages have been weighted.
  2. p-values show significance level of Pearson’s Chi square test with Rao & Scott corrections.
  3. *with overlaps of formal and informal help.