Table 2 Socio-demographic, clinical and treatment factors associated with type(s) of intervention received among adults population who received any help for mental health problems over the past 12 months (N = 1101)

 16–24

1.2 (0.5–3.3)

1.0 (0.4–2.3)

1.3 (0.5–3.6)

1.1 (0.5–2.5)

 25–34

0.9 (0.4–2.2)

1.9 (0.9–3.9)

1.1 (0.5–2.8)

2.3 (1.2–4.6)

 35–44

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 45–54

0.9 (0.4–2.4)

1.6 (0.8–3.2)

0.8 (0.3–2.1)

1.6 (0.7–3.3)

 55+

0.7 (0.3–1.7)

1.2 (0.6–2.4)

0.9 (0.3–2.5)

1.9 (0.8–4.4)

 Completed grade 10 or below

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Completed grade 11 or 12

2.5 (1.2–5.0)*

1.4 (0.7–3.1)

2.3 (1.1–5.1)*

1.5 (0.6–3.8)

 Completed higher education (tertiary education)

3.1 (1.6–6.0)*

1.5 (0.9–2.6)

2.7 (1.3–5.5)*

1.4 (0.7–2.5)

 Employed

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Unemployed

0.7 (0.3–1.6)

0.9 (0.5–1.5)

0.6 (0.2–1.4)

0.6 (0.3–1.3)

 Never married

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Married

1.1 (0.4–3.1)

0.7 (0.3–1.5)

1.1 (0.4–3.2)

0.7 (0.3–1.4)

 Separated/widowed/divorced

0.8 (0.3–2.0)

0.7 (0.3–1.6)

0.9 (0.3–2.6)

0.8 (0.3–1.9)

 1 (most disadvantaged)

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 2

0.8 (0.3–2.0)

2.1 (1.1–4.0)*

0.7 (0.3–1.9)

1.8 (0.9–3.6)

 3

0.8 (0.3–1.7)

1.3 (0.7–2.7)

0.6 (0.2–1.7)

1.1 (0.5–2.6)

 4

1.3 (0.5–3.7)

1.8 (0.8–3.7)

1.0 (0.4–2.8)

1.4 (0.6–3.2)

 5 (least disadvantaged)

0.9 (0.4–2.4)

1.7 (0.9–3.3)

0.7 (0.2–2.1)

1.3 (0.7–2.7)

 No

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Yes

0.8 (0.4–1.8)

1.3 (0.8–2.0)

0.8 (0.3–1.9)

1.3 (0.8–2.2)

 No

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Yes

0.8 (0.5–1.4)

2.0 (1.2–3.1)*

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

2.0 (1.2–3.5)*

 No

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Yes

1.5 (0.9–2.4)

1.5 (1.0–2.4)*

1.2 (0.7–2.3)

1.2 (0.7–2.1)*

 No

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Yes

1.7 (0.5–6.0)

1.4 (0.6–3.5)

1.5 (0.4–6.3)

1.2 (0.3–4.6)

WHODAS score

0.98 (0.95–1.00)

0.98 (0.97–0.99)

0.97 (0.96–0.99)

0.98 (0.96–0.99)

 GP only

–

–

1.0

1.0

 Mental health specialists

–

–

25.2 (11.7–54.4)*

21.0 (11.6–38.2)*

 Other health professionals

12.7 (4.4–37.1)*

5.8 (2.2–15.2)*