Treatment adequacy of anxiety disorders among young adults in Finland

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Socio-demographic factors and comorbid psychiatric disorders of participants with a lifetime diagnosis of anxiety disorder

		All		Men		Women
		100.0 %	N = 92	28.3 %	N = 26	71.7 %	N = 66
Variable	Category	%	N	%	N	%	N	p*
Age	<25 years	19.6	18	15.4	4	21.2	14
	25–29 years	40.2	37	42.3	11	39.4	26
	≥30 years	40.2	37	42.3	11	39.4	26	0.818
Basic education	Less than high school	52.8	47	69.6	16	47.0	31
	High school	47.2	42	30.4	7	53.0	35	0.062
Married or cohabiting	Yes	66.3	59	56.5	13	69.7	46
	No	33.7	30	43.5	10	30.3	20	0.250
Current employment	Employed	56.2	50	69.6	16	51.5	34
	Student^c	18.0	16	21.7	5	16.7	11
	Unemployed	11.2	10	8.7	2	12.1	8
	Other^a	14.6	13	0.0	0	19.7	13	0.077**
Comorbid mood disorder	Yes	58.7	54	61.5	16	57.6	38
	No	41.3	38	38.5	10	42.4	28	0.728
Comorbid personality disorder	Yes	21.7	20	30.8	8	18.2	12
	No	78.3	72	69.2	18	81.8	54	0.188
Comorbid substance abuse or dependence (any substance)	Yes	28.3	26	57.7	15	16.7	11
	No	71.7	66	42.3	11	83.3	55	<0.0001
Comorbid other disorder^b	Yes	18.5	17	7.7	2	22.7	15
	No	81.5	75	92.3	24	77.3	51	0.137

^aOf the other group, 10 (76.9 %) were at home taking care of household and family members, 2 (15.4 %) were on disability pension or sick leave and 1 (7.7 %) was on return to work trial after sickness absence
^bPsychotic, eating, sleeping, adjustment or impulse control disorder lifetime
^cStudents in vocational schools or universities
*The p-values indicate a significance of the difference between genders in the distribution of each category tested by χ2- or Fisher’s exact test. P-values < 0.05 in boldface
**Fisher’s exact test was used in the analysis

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