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

Böge, Kerem; Hahn, Eric; Cao, Tien Duc; Fuchs, Lukas Marian; Martensen, Lara Kim; Schomerus, Georg; Dettling, Michael; Angermeyer, Matthias; Nguyen, Van Tuan; Ta, Thi Minh Tam

doi:10.1186/s13033-018-0247-6

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Table 3 Frequencies of recommendations where to seek help with means, mean difference with 95% confidence intervals and level of significance for each vignette and personal or institutional help-seeking option

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

Vignette	Response category	Schizophrenia		Depression		Mean differences with CI’s	T-test
Personal or institutional treatment option	Response category	%^a	Mean^a	%^b	Mean^b	Mean differences with CI’s	T-test
Psychiatrist	Recommend	81.9		68.3		− 0.336 (− 0.492; − 0.179)	p < .001
	Undecided	11.6	1.80	18.2	2.13
	Unfavorable	6.5		13.3
Psychotherapist	Recommend	81.8		79.4		− 0.149 (− 0.280; − 0.019)	p < .05
	Undecided	14.2	1.82	11.3	1.97
	Unfavorable	4.0		9.3
General practitioner	Recommend	74.6		70.5		− 0.069 (− 0.218; 0.081)	n. s.
	Undecided	17.1	2.03	18.6	2.10
	Unfavorable	8.3		10.9
Person of trust	Recommend	71.8		81.3		0.158 (0.033; 0.283)	p < .05
	Undecided	22.2	2.14	15.0	1.98
	Unfavorable	6.0		3.7
Rehabilitation facility	Recommend	60.2		64.1		0.102 (− 0.040; 0.244)	n. s.
	Undecided	26.8	2.44	26.3	2.33
	Unfavorable	13.0		9.6
Health authority/department	Recommend	47.8		47.5		− 0.042 (− 0.214; 0.130)	n. s.
	Undecided	27.5	2.67	28.6	2.71
	Unfavorable	24.7		23.9
Self-help group	Recommend	48.7		56.9		0.139 (− 0.035; 0.313)	n. s.
	Undecided	27.3	2.67	22.8	2.53
	Unfavorable	24.0		20.3
Self	Recommend	47.3		63.2		0.382 (0.180; 0.583)	p < .001
	Undecided	22.5	2.80	19.2	2.42
	Unfavorable	30.2		17.6
Internet	Recommend	26.5		31.4		0.206 (0.027; 0.385)	p < .05
	Undecided	32.4	3.30	35.9	3.10
	Unfavorable	41.1		32.7
Natural health healer	Recommend	10.6		6.0		− 0.301 (− 0.460; − 0.142)	p < .001
	Undecided	15.0	4.17	9.4	4.47
	Unfavorable	74.4		84.6
Priest	Recommend	7.9		5.6		− 0.145 (− 0.298; 0.008)	n. s.
	Undecided	15.8	4.25	12.9	4.40
	Unfavourable	76.3		81.5
Feng Shui master	Recommend	6.3		4.9		− 0.095 (− 0.243; 0.053)	n. s.
	Undecided	13.1	4.38	11.1	4.47
	Unfavorable	80.6		84.0
Contact ancestor via medium	Recommend	3.4		3.4		− 0.056 (− 0.184; 0.071)	n. s.
	Undecided	11.3	4.54	9.2	4.60
	Unfavorable	85.3		87.4

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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