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Table 9 Proportion of Australian students who reported being probably or definitely likely to seek non-professional help if they thought they were experiencing depression (N = 350*)

From: The assessment of depression awareness and help-seeking behaviour: experiences with the International Depression Literacy Survey

 

2nd Year Medical

4th Year Medical

ANU

Chinese

2nd vs 4th Year Medical

ANU vs Chinese

 

n = 91

n = 78

n = 37

n = 144

p valuea

p valuea

Acupuncturist %

5

4

6

34

1.000

0.002

Clergy, priest or other religious person %

23

14

11

44

0.235

0.001

Family %

89

87

71

84

0.873

0.140

Friends %

88

87

83

88

1.000

0.659

Naturopath or herbalist %

9

5

11

42

0.522

0.002

Personal trainer, exercise manager or relaxation instructor %

26

32

19

55

0.504

< 0.001

Traditional healer %

7

3

6

35

0.369

0.001

  1. a Adjusted alpha = 0.05/7 = 0.007.
  2. * Data were missing for 6% of the valid sample (n = 24/374).