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Table 4 Sociodemographic factors, treatments received and dropouts during the most recent treatment episode for anxiety disordersh, i

From: Treatment adequacy of anxiety disorders among young adults in Finland

 

Pharmacotherapy

Visits with a physician

Guideline concordant pharmacotherapyc

Sessions of psychotherapy / a year

Minimally adequate treatmente

Treatment dropoutf

Anya

≥2 months

Anyb

≥4 times

 

Anyd

≥8 times

  

Variable

Category

 

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

All

  

51.3

40

43.4

33

68.8

53

36.4

28

26.6

21

57.9

44

34.2

26

41.8

33

11.0

8

Gender

Male

 

59.1

13

54.6

12

71.4

15

42.9

9

36.4

8

71.4

15

33.3

7

45.5

10

9.5

2

 

Female

 

48.2

27

38.9

21

67.9

38

33.9

19

22.8

13

52.7

29

34.6

19

40.4

23

11.5

6

  

p*

0.387

 

0.212

 

0.763

 

0.468

 

0.222

 

0.140

 

0.921

 

0.680

 

1.000

 

Agegroup

<25 years

 

66.7

10

60.0

9

78.6

11

42.9

6

40.0

6

71.4

10

57.1

8

60.0

9

7.7

1

 

25–29 years

 

45.5

15

39.4

13

61.8

21

29.4

10

23.5

8

51.5

17

12.1

4

29.4

10

12.5

4

 

≥30 years

 

50.0

15

39.3

11

72.4

21

41.4

12

23.3

7

58.6

17

48.3

14

46.7

14

10.7

3

  

p*

0.389

 

0.352

 

0.453

 

0.527

 

0.426

 

0.447

 

0.002

 

0.107

 

1.000g

 

Basic

Less than high school

 

48.7

18

36.1

13

67.6

25

35.1

13

23.7

9

61.1

22

36.1

13

44.7

17

18.2

6

education

High school

 

50.0

19

46.0

17

68.4

26

34.2

13

26.3

10

51.4

19

32.4

12

36.8

14

5.4

2

  

p*

0.907

 

0.393

 

0.937

 

0.933

 

0.791

 

0.401

 

0.741

 

0.484

 

0.136g

 

Current

Employed

 

42.5

17

38.5

15

62.5

25

22.5

9

15.0

6

47.5

19

17.5

7

30.0

12

13.5

5

employment

Student

 

71.4

10

57.1

8

71.4

10

57.1

8

42.9

6

69.2

9

53.9

7

50.0

7

14.3

2

 

Unemployed

 

44.4

4

44.4

4

62.5

5

62.5

5

44.4

4

66.7

6

55.6

5

66.7

6

12.5

1

 

Other

 

50.0

6

27.3

3

84.6

11

30.8

4

23.1

3

63.6

7

54.6

6

46.2

6

0.0

0

  

p*

0.331g

 

0.491g

 

0.517g

 

0.033 g

 

0.084g

 

0.445g

 

0.008 g

 

0.167

 

0.689g

 

Married or

No

 

63.0

17

46.2

12

80.8

21

53.9

14

33.3

9

69.2

18

46.2

12

55.6

15

12.0

3

cohabiting

Yes

 

41.7

20

38.3

18

61.2

30

24.5

12

20.4

10

48.9

23

27.7

13

32.7

16

11.1

5

  

p*

0.077

 

0.514

 

0.084

 

0.011

 

0.213

 

0.094

 

0.111

 

0.052

 

1.000g

 
  1. aAntidepressant or buspirone prescribed
  2. bAt least 1 visit with a physician a year
  3. cAntidepressant or buspirone used for at least 2 months + 4 visits with a physician a year
  4. dAt least 1 session of psychotherapy a year
  5. eAntidepressant or buspirone used for at least 2 months + at least 4 visits with a physician a year or at least 8 sessions of psychotherapy a year or a hospitalization for anxiety disorders lasting for at least 4 days
  6. fA participant discontinued the visits despite adequate treatment plan
  7. gFisher’s exact test was used in the analysis
  8. hParticipants with a single specific phobia were excluded
  9. iA bivariate analysis
  10. *The p-values indicate a significance of the difference between categories in a distribution of treatments and dropout tested by χ2- or Fisher’s exact test. P-values < 0.05 in boldface