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Table 4 Initiation and cessation of mental healthcare within 1 year of follow-up

From: Initiation and cessation of mental healthcare after mental health screening in primary care: a prospective cohort study

 

Poor MH

Moderate MH

Good MH

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

 

545

9.1 (8.4–9.9)

1478

24.8 (23.7–25.9)

3947

66.1 (64.9–67.3)

Mental healthcare at baseline

 Yes

179

32.8 (28.9–37.0)

218

14.7 (13.0–16.7)

171

4.3 (3.7–5.0)

 No

366

67.2 (63.0–71.1)

1260

85.3 (83.3–87.0)

3776

95.7 (95.0–96.3)

Initiation and cessation in follow-up period

Initiation of any mental healthcarea

106

29.0 (24.4–33.9)

146

11.6 (9.9–13.5)

193

5.1 (4.4–5.9)

Cessation of mental healthcareb

62

34.6 (27.7–42.1)

103

47.2 (40.5–54.1)

83

48.5 (40.1–56.3)

  1. Descriptive analyses are stratified on mental health screening status at the health check at Check Your Health, 2012–2015 (N = 5970)
  2. Poor MH: MCS ≤ 35.76. Moderate MH: MCS > 35.76 to < 48.26. Good MH: MCS ≥ 48.26. MCS: mental component summary (score from SF-12, v. 2, US norms of 1998). MH: Mental health. SF-12: 12-item Short Form Health Survey. Mental healthcare: psychometric testing by GP, talk therapy by GP, contact to psychologist, contact to psychiatrist, or psychotropic medication recorded in the Danish national health registers
  3. aAmong participants who did not receive mental healthcare at baseline
  4. bAmong participants who did receive mental healthcare at baseline
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