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Table 1 Lifetime prevalence of DSM-5 generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), proportion of respondents with lifetime GAD who obtained treatment, and proportion of treated respondents who perceived treatment as helpful

From: Perceived helpfulness of treatment for generalized anxiety disorder: a World Mental Health Surveys report

 

Total sample

Respondents with lifetime GAD

Respondents who obtained treatment for GAD

Prevalence of lifetime GAD

Proportion who obtained treatmenta

Proportion who perceived treatment as helpfulb

 

%

(SE)

(n)

%

(SE)

(n)

%

(SE)

(n)

I. Low/middle-income countries

 Sao Paulo, Brazil

5.1

(0.4)

(5037)

23.6

(3.5)

(280)

71.4

(7.4)

(63)

 Bulgaria

2.2

(0.2)

(6826)

16.8

(3.2)

(157)

69.4

(10.0)

(27)

 Colombia

1.9

(0.3)

(4426)

15.8

(4.6)

(84)

45.0

(17.4)

(15)

 Medellin, Colombia

3.8

(0.5)

(3261)

17.9

(3.4)

(127)

73.7

(9.8)

(31)

 Iraq

5.0

(0.6)

(4332)

22.2

(5.5)

(220)

52.5

(13.8)

(33)

 Lebanon

2.3

(0.3)

(2857)

12.4

(4.7)

(71)

38.1

(19.1)

(9)

 Mexico

1.1

(0.2)

(5782)

8.5

(3.8)

(78)

28.4

(17.6)

(8)

 Peru

1.0

(0.1)

(3930)

23.0

(8.3)

(40)

82.1

(8.5)

(10)

 All

2.8

(0.1)

(36,451)

19.2

(1.8)

(1057)

62.8

(4.9)

(196)

 χ27

242.3*

8.4

11.2

II. High-income countries

Argentina

5.2

(0.6)

(3927)

34.7

(6.0)

(224)

85.1

(6.0)

(70)

Australia

8.0

(0.4)

(8463)

49.0

(2.5)

(713)

76.7

(3.0)

(326)

Belgium

3.2

(0.8)

(1043)

35.6

(12.5)

(62)

33.9

(18.5)

(20)

France

6.0

(0.7)

(1436)

33.2

(4.4)

(159)

71.1

(7.7)

(62)

Germany

1.7

(0.4)

(1323)

34.2

(8.7)

(48)

80.5

(13.3)

(19)

Israel

4.4

(0.3)

(4859)

36.9

(3.4)

(216)

44.6

(5.9)

(76)

Italy

1.9

(0.3)

(1779)

24.3

(4.8)

(78)

89.1

(6.2)

(25)

Japan

2.6

(0.3)

(4129)

30.9

(4.8)

(105)

67.5

(10.2)

(30)

Netherlands

3.6

(0.4)

(1094)

46.4

(6.3)

(95)

88.3

(5.3)

(45)

New Zealand

7.9

(0.3)

(12,790)

41.2

(1.9)

(1084)

68.0

(2.8)

(411)

Northern Ireland

6.4

(0.4)

(4340)

39.6

(2.3)

(334)

70.2

(4.9)

(131)

Poland

0.9

(0.1)

(10,081)

37.8

(5.0)

(90)

73.7

(7.4)

(33)

Portugal

6.1

(0.5)

(3849)

41.3

(2.7)

(269)

73.4

(5.7)

(104)

Saudi Arabia

2.3

(0.4)

(3638)

27.5

(9.1)

(81)

56.7

(17.7)

(23)

Spain

1.9

(0.2)

(2121)

36.3

(5.0)

(114)

90.1

(3.5)

(41)

Murcia, Spain

7.0

(0.9)

(2621)

37.5

(4.6)

(193)

76.4

(9.4)

(80)

United States

7.8

(0.3)

(9282)

28.1

(2.3)

(752)

69.5

(3.2)

(205)

All

5.3

(0.1)

(76,775)

38.4

(0.9)

(4617)

70.9

(1.4)

(1701)

 

%

(SE)

(n)

%

(SE)

(n)

%

(SE)

(n)

χ216

731.6*

53.7*

54.1*

III. Pooled countries

All countries

4.5

(0.1)

(113,226)

34.6

(0.8)

(5674)

70.0

(1.4)

(1897)

χ224

1276.3*

150.4*

67.0*

Low/middle-income countries vs. high-income countries

χ21

206.6*

63.6*

2.7

  1. Abbreviations. GAD generalized anxiety disorder; SE, standard error
  2. *Significant at the .05 level, two-sided test
  3. aCases are based on three conditions: (i) Respondents obtained GAD treatment; (ii) Year of first GAD treatment ≥1990; and (iii) Age at onset of GAD ≤ Year of first GAD treatment
  4. bCases are based on four conditions: (i) Respondents obtained GAD treatment; (ii) Year of first GAD treatment ≥1990; and (iii) Age at onset of GAD ≤ Year of first GAD treatment; and (iv) Respondents obtained helpful treatment