Table 2 Mental health literacy and demand and willingness for mental health services profiles at different demographic and mental health status groups
Variables | Â | Importance of mental health | \(\:{\varvec{\chi\:}}^{2}/\varvec{t}\) | Preventability and treatability of mental illnesses | \(\:{\varvec{\chi\:}}^{2}/\varvec{t}\) | Means of preventing dementia | \(\:{\varvec{\chi\:}}^{2}/\varvec{t}\) | Demand for mental health services | \(\:{\varvec{\chi\:}}^{2}/\varvec{F}\) | Willingness for mental health services | \(\:{\varvec{\chi\:}}^{2}/\varvec{t}\) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
YES N(%) / M(SD) | NO N(%) / M(SD) | YES N(%) / M(SD) | NO N(%) / M(SD) | YES N(%) / M(SD) | NO N(%) / M(SD) | Not need N(%)/M(SD) | Neutral N(%)/M(SD) | Need N(%)/M(SD) | Unwilling N(%)/M(SD) | Willing N(%)/M(SD) | |||||||
Sex | Male | 133(41.3) | 48(41.7) | 0.007 | 124(43.5) | 57(37.5) | 1.475 | 138(43.4) | 42(36.5) | 1.643 | 27(48.2) | 45(40.9) | 109(40.1) | 1.280 | 55(41.4) | 126(41.6) | 0.002 |
Female | 189(58.7) | 67(58.3) | 161(56.5) | 95(62.5) | 180(56.6) | 73(63.5) | 29(51.8) | 65(59.1) | 163(59.9) | 78(58.6) | 177(58.4) | ||||||
Age | M(SD) | 73.23(6.27) | 73.90(7.46) | 0.853 | 72.73(5.96) | 74.71(7.51) | 2.818** | 72.87(6.12) | 74.89(7.58) | 2.574* | 72.86(5.36) | 73.03(7.11) | 73.67(6.17) | 0.598 | 73.15(6.44) | 73.55(6.68) | − 0.586 |
Length of education | M(SD) | 5.70(3.49) | 5.41(3.31) | − 0.773 | 6.03(3.35) | 4.89(3.51) | -3.309*** | 5.92(3.43) | 4.89(3.34) | -2.767** | 6.07(3.68) | 5.80(3.54) | 5.46(3.34) | 0.907 | 5.95(3.46) | 5.49(3.43) | 1.256 |
Living alone status | No | 286(88.8) | 102(88.7) | 0.001 | 254(89.1) | 134(88.2) | 0.093 | 283(88.7) | 104(90.4) | 0.259 | 1(1.8) | 11(9.9) | 36(13.3) | 6.456* | 9(6.8) | 39(12.9) | 3.516 |
Yes | 36(11.2) | 13(11.3) | 31(10.9) | 18(11.8) | 36(11.3) | 11(9.6) | 55(98.2) | 100(90.1) | 235(86.7) | 124(93.2) | 264(87.1) | ||||||
Frequency of participating in the community-based activities | Never | 92(28.5) | 42(36.5) | 13.192*** | 84(29.4) | 51(33.6) | 13.927*** | 93(29.2) | 42(36.5) | 15.450*** | 19(33.9) | 44(39.6) | 73(26.8) | 10.060* | 49(36.8) | 86(28.3) | 5.662 |
Sometimes | 152(47.1) | 63(54.8) | 129(45.1) | 85(55.9) | 146(45.8) | 64(55.7) | 25(44.6) | 54(48.6) | 135(49.6) | 65(48.9) | 148(48.7) | ||||||
Always | 79(24.5) | 10(8.7) | 73(25.5) | 16(10.5) | 80(25.1) | 9(7.8) | 12(21.4) | 13(11.7) | 64(23.5) | 19(14.3) | 70(23.0) | ||||||
PHQ-9 | M(SD) | 1.44(2.79) | 1.59(3.36) | 0.460 | 1.25(2.55) | 1.90(3.55) | 1.997* | 1.21(2.55) | 1.98(3.55) | 2.142* | 1.09(1.68) | 1.16(2.69) | 1.68(3.22) | 1.780 | 1.02(1.62) | 1.68(3.35) | -2.764** |
GAD-7 | M(SD) | 0.46(1.58) | 0.52(1.70) | 0.375 | 0.40(1.48) | 0.63(1.82) | 1.341 | 0.37(1.43) | 0.61(1.73) | 1.351 | 0.25(1.37) | 0.25(1.26) | 0.61(1.76) | 2.645 | 0.19(1.05) | 0.60(1.79) | -3.015** |
AD-8 | M(SD) | 1.55(2.22) | 2.23(2.39) | 2.741** | 1.52(2.28) | 2.13(2.25) | 2.693** | 1.54(2.16) | 2.18(2.42) | 2.645** | 1.38(1.57) | 1.48(1.89) | 1.90(2.52) | 2.107 | 1.41(1.71) | 1.87(2.48) | -2.248* |