Help-seeking for mental health problems by employees in the Australian Mining Industry

Table 5 Aggregate current health service needs and reported professional and non-professional contacts for mental health problems (n = 1,319)

PSNI	Sub-group n	Professional service contact		Non-professional contact
		N (%)	AOR (99 % CI)	N (%)	AOR (99 % CI)
Low (0–1)	766 (58.1)	129 (16.8)		264 (34.5)
Medium (2–5)	425 (32.2)	117 (27.5)	2.01 (1.35, 2.99)**	206 (48.5)	1.85 (1.33, 2.58)**
High (>5)	128 (9.7)	62 (48.4)	4.75 (2.73, 8.25)**	75 (58.6)	3.00 (1.76, 5.10)**

Note: Based on a series of hierarchical logistic regressions, in which all socio-demographic variables were entered simultaneously at step 1 (Table 4), followed by PSNI at step 2 (Table 5) and workplace and employment factors at step 3 (Additional file 2: Table S6): * p < 0.01; **p < 0.001. Only participants with a complete set of socio-demographic and workplace characteristics were included. AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval

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