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Table 6 Sociodemographic factors, comorbid disorders, benzodiazepine use and misuse during the most recent treatment episode for anxiety disordersc, d

From: Treatment adequacy of anxiety disorders among young adults in Finland

 

Benzodiazepine

Benzodiazepine misuse

Not prescribed

Prescribed

No

Yes

Variable

Category

 

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

All

  

65.4

51

34.6

27

94.9

75

5.1

4

Gender

Male

 

50.0

11

50.0

11

95.5

21

4.6

1

 

Female

 

71.4

40

28.6

16

94.7

54

5.3

3

  

p*

0.073

   

1.000a

   

Agegroup

<25 years

 

73.3

11

26.7

4

100.0

15

0.0

0

 

25–29 years

 

69.7

23

30.3

10

97.1

33

2.9

1

 

≥30 years

 

56.7

17

43.3

13

90.0

27

10.0

3

  

p*

0.428

   

0.402a

   

Basic

Less than high school

 

64.9

24

35.1

13

97.4

37

2.6

1

education

High school

 

71.1

27

29.0

11

94.7

36

5.3

2

  

p*

0.566

   

1.000a

   

Current

Employed

 

75.0

30

25.0

10

100.0

40

0.0

0

employment

Student

 

57.1

8

42.9

6

92.9

13

7.1

1

 

Unemployed

 

55.6

5

44.4

4

100.0

9

0.0

0

 

Other

 

66.7

8

33.3

4

84.6

11

15.4

2

  

p*

0.485a

   

0.061a

   

Married or

No

 

66.7

18

33.3

9

96.3

26

3.7

1

cohabiting

Yes

 

68.8

33

31.3

15

95.9

47

4.1

2

  

p*

0.853

   

1.000a

   

Comorbid

Yes

 

66.7

32

33.3

16

93.8

45

6.3

3

mood

No

 

63.3

19

36.7

11

96.8

30

3.2

1

disorder

 

p*

0.763

   

1.000a

   

Comorbid

Yes

 

43.5

10

56.5

13

87.0

20

13.0

3

substance use

No

 

74.6

41

25.5

14

98.2

55

1.8

1

disorder

 

p*

0.009

   

0.072a

   

Comorbid

Yes

 

31.6

6

68.4

13

80.0

16

20.0

4

personality

No

 

76.3

45

23.7

14

100.0

59

0.0

0

disorder

 

p*

0.0004

   

0.003 a

   

Comorbid other

Yes

 

50.0

8

50.0

8

81.3

13

18.8

3

disorderb

No

 

69.4

43

30.7

19

98.4

62

1.6

1

  

p*

0.147

   

0.025 a

   

More than 1

Yes

 

73.3

11

26.7

4

87.5

14

12.5

2

anxiety

No

 

63.5

40

36.5

23

96.8

61

3.2

2

disorder

 

p*

0.472

   

0.181a

   
  1. aFisher’s exact test was used in the analysis
  2. bPsychotic, eating, sleeping, adjustment or impulse control disorder lifetime
  3. cParticipants with a single specific phobia were excluded
  4. dA bivariate analysis
  5. *The p-values indicate a significance of the difference between categories in a distribution of treatments and dropout tested by χ2- or Fisher’s exact test. P-values < 0.05 in boldface