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Table 2 Comparison of sociodemographic profile of GPs' depressed patient and psychiatrists' depressed patient (n = 7537)

From: Roles and practices of general practitioners and psychiatrists in management of depression in the community

 

GPs' patients

n = 6104

n (%)

Psychiatrists' patients

n = 1433

n (%)

P value *

Age

  

<0.001

< 30 years

681 (11.2)

206 (14.4)

 

31–40 years

1390 (22.90)

346 (24.2)

 

41–50 years

1607 (26.5)

443 (31.0)

 

51–60 years

1210 (19.9)

314 (21.9)

 

> 60 years

1186 (19.5)

122 (8.5)

 

Female gender

4367 (71.7)

1004 (70.1)

0.22

   

OR [IC95] **

Marital status

   

Single

779 (12.8)

270 (18.9)

1.0

Married, living with partner

3695 (60.9)

841 (58.8)

0.80 [0,68 – 0.94]

Separated or divorced Widowed

1598 (26.3)

319 (22.3)

0.77 [0,63 – 0,95]

Living Arrangement

   

Living alone

1368 (22.5)

337 (23.5)

1.0

Living with 1 person

1568 (25.8)

386 (27.0)

1.01 [0,86 – 1,19]

Living with ≥ 2 persons

3137 (51.7)

708 (49.5)

0.80 (0,69 – 0,93]

Geographic area

   

Rural (< 50000)

4164 (69.0)

742 (52.5)

1,0

Urban (>50000)

1544 (25.6)

523 (37.0)

1,89 [1.67 –2.15]

Paris region

326 (5.4)

148 (10.5)

2.44 [1.98 – 3.01]

Profession

   

Never worked

521 (8.8)

99 (7.0)

1.0

Farmer

213 (3.6)

28 (2.0)

0.86 [0.54 – 1.35]

Trade, commerce, artisan

428 (7.2)

59 (4.2)

0.78 [0.55 – 1.11]

Managerial, l professional

711 (12.0)

290 (20.5)

2.11 [1.63 – 2.74]

Intermediate Professions)

1243 (21.0)

416 (29.3)

1.73 [1.35 – 2.21]

Executives

2032 (34.3)

434 (30.6)

1.10 [0.87 – 1.40]

Worker

769 (13.0)

92 (6.5)

0.64 [0.47 – 0.87]

Occupation

   

Employed

3536 (58.3)

943 (65.8)

1.0

Unemployed

533 (8.8)

122 (8.5)

0.85 [0.69 – 1.05]

Retired

1194 (19.7)

141 (9.8)

0.55 [0.43 – 0.70]

Homemaker

518 (8.5)

92 (6.4)

0.72 [0.56 – 0.91]

Student

111 (1.8)

53 (3.7)

1.52 [1.06 – 2.17]

Other

170 (2.8)

82 (5.7)

1.94 [1.47 – 2.57]

Educational level

   

Primary

926 (15.9)

82 (5.8)

1,0

Lower secondary

1854 (31.9)

353 (25.1)

1.94 [1.50 – 2.51]

Upper secondary

1564 (26.9)

376 (26.7)

2.39 [1.85 – 3.10]

Higher education

1477 (25.4)

598 (42.4)

3.95 [3.06 – 5.09]

Income

   

Destitute

83 (1.4)

19 (1.3)

1,0

Low

1119 (18.5)

228 (16.0)

0.98 [0.58 – 1.65]

Moderate

3569 (58.9)

830 (58.2)

1.14 [0.69 – 1.89]

High

1291 (21.3)

350 (24.5)

1.41 [0.84 – 2.36]

  1. In bold: statistically significant odds ratio (p < 0.05) and less than 0.5 or higher than 2.0
  2. * Chi2 test
  3. ** GPs' patients are the reference, odd ratio adjusted on gender and on age as a quantitative variable