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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical correlates of mental health service utilization among KECA participants with lifetime mental disorder (n = 1544)

From: A cross-sectional study about associations between personality characteristics and mental health service utilization in a Korean national community sample of adults with psychiatric disorders

Independent variables

Users (n = 275)

Non-users (n = 1269)

Odd ratios (95% CI)

P-value

Female gender, n (%)

203 (73.8)

624 (49.2)

2.92 (2.18–3.90)

<0.001

Age,

 18–34

51 (18.5)

341 (26.9)

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 35–54

114 (41.5)

553 (43.6)

1.38 (0.97–1.97)

0.078

  ≥ 55

110 (40.0)

375 (29.6)

1.96 (1.36–2.82)

<0.001

Family income (per year)

  < 22,000 US

127 (59.9)

452 (42.9)

2.01 (1.40–2.89)

<0.001

 22,000–33,000 US

38 (17.9)

265 (25.2)

1.03 (0.65–1.62)

0.915

  > 33,000 US

47 (22.2)

336 (31.9)

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Diagnosis, n (%)

 Nicotine use disorder

41 (14.9)

310 (24.5)

0.54 (0.38–0.77)

0.001

 Alcohol use disorder

61 (22.3)

586 (46.4)

0.33 (0.24–0.45)

<0.001

 Anxiety disorder

137 (51.3)

412 (32.9)

2.15 (1.65–2.81)

<0.001

 Depressive disorder

175 (64.6)

225 (20.1)

7.24 (5.45–9.62)

<0.001

 Dysthymic disorder

21 (9.3)

36 (2.9)

3.41 (1.95–5.97)

<0.001

 Psychotic disorder

9 (3.3)

25 (2.0)

1.69 (0.78–3.66)

0.186

 Somatoform disorder

17 (6.6)

85 (6.9)

0.96 (0.56–1.65)

0.884