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Table 7 Percentage of participants reporting (i) awareness of initiatives (ii) psychological distress and (iii) experience of the disorder depicted in the vignette.

From: Mental health literacy as a function of remoteness of residence: an Australian national study

 

(i) Awareness

(ii) Psychological distress

 

%

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

%

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

 

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Anxiety

Maj City*

23.9

   

22.2

   

IR

26.6

1.37 (1.08–1.73)

21.0

1.13 (0.95–1.36)

ORe/R/VR

22.6

0.97 (0.58–1.63)

14.1

1.09 (0.86–1.38)

 

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Depression

Maj City*

8.9

   

15.3

   

IR

10.8

1.15 (0.84–1.58)

15.8

1.20 (0.94–1.53)

ORe/R/VR

5.0

0.89 (0.61–1.29)

13.4

1.23 (0.84–1.79)

 

Media reports

Irritability

Maj City*

59.5

   

39.4

   

IR

60.9

1.08 (0.87–1.33)

43.1

1.25 (1.01–1.54)

ORe/R/VR

60.4

1.18 (0.97–1.43)

44.9

1.19 (0.91–1.57)

     

Nervousness

Maj City*

    

19.0

   

IR

    

18.7

1.06 (0.85–1.33)

ORe/R/VR

    

15.2

1.02 (0.76–1.37)

 

(iii) Experience with disorder depicted in vignette

 

Depression

Depression + suicidal ideation

Early schizophrenia

Chronic schizophrenia

 

%

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

%

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

%

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

%

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

 

Family/friend with problem

Maj City*

60.9

 

59.8

 

48.2

 

35.4

 

IR

64.8

1.18 (0.83–1.68)

66.3

1.32 (0.96–1.83)

52.4

1.18 (0.89–1.57)

44.6

1.47 (1.04–2.07)

ORe/R/VR

67.1

1.31 (0.72–2.37)

69.4

1.53 (0.96–2.43)

48.8

1.03 (0.66–1.59)

38.4

1.14 (0.71–1.84)

 

Self with problem

Maj City*

31.9

 

27.6

 

13.1

 

5.2

 

IR

35.3

1.17 (0.81–1.69)

34.1

1.35 (0.94–1.96)

15.8

1.25 (0.77–2.01)

8.8

1.78 (0.94–3.37)

ORe/R/VR

34.9

1.15 (0.67–1.98)

49.3

2.54 (1.60–4.03)

28.3

2.62 (1.45–4.72)

5.9

1.16 (0.39–3.45)

 

Provided services to others with problem

Maj City*

22.2

 

18.8

 

22.0

 

21.4

 

IR

22.1

0.99 (0.66–1.48)

28.7

1.74 (1.20–2.52)

24.9

1.17 (0.81–1.69)

26.2

1.31 (0.88–1.94)

ORe/R/VR

18.0

0.77 (0.45–1.31)

25.2

1.46 (0.77–2.75)

25.3

1.20 (0.79–1.81)

21.2

0.99 (0.62–1.58)

 

Family/friends with the problem who received help (as % of respondents with family//friends with the problem)

Maj City*

85.8

 

86.2

 

90.7

 

86.1

 

IR

89.9

1.48 (0.75–2.90)

82.9

0.78 (0.44–1.38)

88.4

0.78 (0.35–1.76)

87.9

1.17 (0.52–2.63)

ORe/R/VR

76.8

0.55 (0.25–1.20)

73.8

0.45 (0.22–0.91)

92.7

1.31 (0.41–4.18)

77.7

0.56 (0.24–1.30)

 

Respondents with the problem who received help (as % of respondents with the problem)

Maj City*

68.8

 

80.4

 

82.4

 

78.1

 

IR

80.0

1.82 (0.89–3.71)

84.6

1.34 (0.70–2.57)

88.6

1.66 (0.53–5.25)

91.7

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ORe/R/VR

54.8

0.55 (0.21–1.43)

71.1

0.60 (0.28–1.27)

68.3

0.46 (0.16–1.35)

100.0

-

  1. Maj City = Major City, IR = Inner Regional, ORe/R/VR = Outer Regional/Remote/Very remote; *Reference category; CI = Confidence interval. Note: Bolded data: Odds Ratios significant (p < .05). Bolded italicised: Odds Ratios significant (unadjusted only). Italicised: Odds Ratios significant (adjusted only).