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Table 2 Overview of operationalization and measurement instruments

From: Influence of established and subjectively perceived as well as evaluated individual characteristics on the utilization of mental health services among individuals with depressive disorders: protocol of a longitudinal study examining how to supplement the “behavioral model of health services use” and on need-congruent use of mental health services

 

predictors (n = 17)

 

Established individual characteristics (n = 10)

Subjectively perceived and evaluated individual characteristics (n = 7)

Predisposing

(1) age

(2) family status

(3) sex

(4) migration background

depression beliefs: IPQ-Brief [42, 44]

(1) identity

(2) time course

(3) consequences

(4) personal control

(5) treatment control

(6) coherence

Enabling

(5) socioeconomic status: SES-Index, [28]

(6) health insurance

(7) GP

barriers (descriptive): checklist according to the World Mental Health Survey [45], SELFI [48,49,50], SSOSH [46]

Need

(8) Subjective health: SF-8 [29,30,31]

(9) depressivity: DIA-X-12/M-CIDI [24, 25]

(10) risk of mental comorbidity index [23, 34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41]

(7) perceived need for care: GUPI [51]

 

Outcome (n = 1)

Health service use

mental health service use according to DEGS [53]