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Table 2 Factors associated with accurate symptom reporting on workplace mental health screening

From: Mental health screening amongst police officers: factors associated with under-reporting of symptoms

Variable

Number

% of symptoms reported (95% CI)

Significance p value1

Gender

ā€ƒFemale

28

77.2 (66.8ā€“87.6)

0.83

ā€ƒMale

62

75.8 (68.9ā€“82.9)

Age

ā€ƒ18ā€“44

39

74.8 (65.6ā€“84.0)

0.65

ā€ƒ45ā€“70

51

77.4 (70.0ā€“84.9)

Rank

ā€ƒConstable/Senior Constable

23

64.9 (50.8ā€“79.0)

0.05

ā€ƒSergeant/Senior Sergeant

29

79.3 (69.8ā€“88.8)

ā€ƒInspector/Superintendent

20

81.6 (70.3ā€“92.9)

Symptom severitya

ā€ƒLow

32

84.1 (75.5ā€“92.7)

0.008

ā€ƒModerate

28

73.8 (62.4ā€“85.2)

ā€ƒHigh

30

70.3 (60.1ā€“80.4)

  1. 1 p values obtained from t-test for gender and age and from univariate linear regression for rank and symptom severity
  2. a Summed symptom totals divided into tertiles