Table 2 General practitioners’ agreement 1 with statements addressing their experiences and attitudes regarding the provision of mental healthcare services (n = 416)
Survey statement | Total sample (%) | Age, years old (%) | Type of practice (%) | Location of practice (%) | Location of MHC2center | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤50 | ≥51 | public | private | urban | rural | same institution | different institution | ||
Current engagement in provision of mental healthcare | |||||||||
I often ask my patients about their mental health problems | 53.3 | 60.1 | 48,1* | 50.2 | 59.1 | 52.9 | 57.3 | 48.7 | 60.9* |
I often involve myself in the management of my patients’ mental health problems | 56.6 | 54.1 | 59.7 | 56.6 | 57.1 | 54.5 | 63.1 | 54.0 | 58.9 |
In case of suspected mental health problems, I immediately refer patients to a psychiatrist or psychologist | 81.0 | 77.5 | 84.0 | 81.4 | 81.0 | 81.1 | 81.7 | 85.2 | 78.1 |
I feel responsible for the management of my patients’ mental health problems | 75.1 | 78.6 | 73.2 | 76.8 | 73.1 | 74.0 | 76.3 | 73.2 | 75.6 |
Self-perceived competencies | |||||||||
My knowledge of mental healthcare is sufficient | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 5.5 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 7.4 |
My communication skills with patients who have mental disorders are sufficient | 16.8 | 19.4 | 14.4 | 18.6 | 12.6 | 17.8 | 7.3 | 15.5 | 16.5 |
I would be sufficiently successful at diagnosing the most common mental health disorders | 20.3 | 21.8 | 18.5 | 20.9 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 21.2 | 17.3 | 22.9 |
Willingness to address mental health care more at the primary healthcare level | |||||||||
I would like to be more involved in the mental healthcare of my patients | 41.2 | 48.5 | 36.0* | 43.8 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 51.8* | 39.9 | 41.5 |
I would like to improve my mental healthcare knowledge and skills | 86.4 | 90.1 | 83.1* | 86.5 | 85.6 | 85.9 | 89.3 | 88.0 | 84.7 |
I would like collaborate more with mental healthcare specialists in the provision of mental health services for my patients | 82.2 | 86.2 | 78.6 | 82.8 | 80.2 | 81.9 | 83.3 | 82.7 | 82.2 |
I think community nurses should be more involved in the provision of mental health services | 75.5 | 75.7 | 75.3 | 78.9 | 68.3* | 74.7 | 77.6 | 78.5 | 73.2 |