Treatment recommendation differences for schizophrenia and major depression: a population-based study in a Vietnamese cohort

Table 2 Frequencies of treatment recommendation in percentage with means and mean difference with 95% confidence intervals and level of significance for each vignette and treatment measure

Vignette	Response category	Schizophrenia		Depression		Mean differences with CI’s	T-test
Treatment measures	Response category	%^a	Mean^a	%^b	Mean^b	Mean differences with CI’s	T-test
Psychotherapy	Recommend	92.0		79.4		− 0.308 (− 0.421; − 0.196)	p < .001
	Undecided	7.3	1.60	15.3	1.91
	Unfavorable	0.8		5.3
Concentration and relaxation exercises	Recommend	67.7		68.7		− 0.018 (− 0.163; 0.127)	n. s.
	Undecided	21.7	2.24	19.1	2.26
	Unfavorable	10.6		12.2
Meditation or Yoga	Recommend	61.0		60.0		0.024 (− 0.126; 0.174)	n. s.
	Undecided	25.9	2.42	27.9	2.40
	Unfavorable	13.1		12.1
Psychotropic medication	Recommend	60.3		56.9		− 0.089 (− 0.264; 0.086)	n. s.
	Undecided	20.4	2.46	20.7	2.55
	Unfavorable	19.3		22.4
Natural medicine	Recommend	17.6		18.4		− 0.049 (− 0.209; 0.111)	n. s.
	Undecided	44.7	3.36	41.0	3.41
	Unfavorable	37.7		40.6
ECT	Recommend	27.7		18.8		− 0.273 (− 0.489; − 0.058)	p < .05
	Undecided	24.5	3.40	23.9	3.67
	Unfavorable	47.9		57.3
Acupuncture	Recommend	15.9		16.8		− 0.036 (− 0.199; 0.127)	n. s.
	Undecided	40.3	3.50	35.7	3.53
	Unfavorable	43.8		47.5
Feng Shui	Recommend	13.0		11.5		− 0.232 (− 0.406; − 0.057)	p < .01
	Undecided	28.4	3.81	29.4	4.04
	Unfavorable	58.6		69.1
Praying	Recommend	13.8		7.1		− 0.333 (− 0.501; − 0.165)	p < .001
	Undecided	26.1	3.85	23.9	4.18
	Unfavorable	60.1		69.0

Means defined by a 5-point Likert scale with anchor points from 1 = strongly recommend to 5 = never recommend
^aVignette schizophrenia
^bVignette depression

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