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Table 2 The survivors’ health service utilization and unmet help needs by mental health service (MHS) utilization 5–15 months after the Utøya attack

From: Health service utilization after terrorism: a longitudinal study of survivors of the 2011 Utøya attack in Norway

   

MHS utilization (n = 280)

   

Yes, n = 192 (%)

No, n = 88 (%)

p-value

Crisis team

At T1 (n = 247)

 

143 (85.6)

75 (93.8)

0.064

Contact person

At T1 (n = 244)

 

136 (84.0)

67 (81.7)

0.658

At T2 (n = 274)

 

112 (59.9)

40 (46.0)

0.031

Regular GP

At T1 (n = 247)

 

118 (70.7)

37 (46.2)

<0.001

At T2 (n = 280)

 

151 (78.6)

47 (53.4)

<0.001

Other primary care

At T1 (n = 244)

 

105 (64.0)

51 (63.7)

0.967

At T2 (n = 279)

 

108 (56.5)

29 (33.0)

<0.001

Unmet needs for help

At T1 (n = 242)

 

26 (16.0)

10 (12.5)

0.465

At T2 (n = 267)

 

22 (12.1)

11 (12.9)

0.844

Number of primary care services

At T1 (n = 250)

0

3 (18)

0 (0.0)

0.036

 

1

10 (6.0)

7 (8.5)

 

2

34 (20.2)

18 (22.0)

 

3

60 (35.7)

41 (50.0)

 

4

61 (36.3)

16 (19.5)

At T2 (n = 280)

0

13 (6.8)

13 (14.8)

<0.001

 

1

44 (22.9)

41 (46.6)

 

2

78 (40.6)

27 (30.7)

 

3

57 (29.7)

7 (8.0)

Predisaster MHS utilization

(n = 280)

 

56 (29.2)

20 (22.7)

0.261

MHS utilization at T1

(n = 246)

 

137 (82.5)

39 (48.8)

<0.001