Table 3.

Association of Primary/Specialty Setting With Psychiatric Comorbidities

Primary CareSpecialty CareUnadjustedAdjusted*
n = 1,063n = 1,478
Type and No. of Psychiatric Comorbidity(41.8%) %(58.2%) %ORPValueORPValue
Type of psychiatric comorbidity
Anxiety disorders48.651.61.06.1431.23.019
    Social phobia25.332.11.39.0011.37.002
    Generalized anxiety disorder2.321.21.05.6041.26.037
    Posttraumatic stress disorder16.517.61.08.4941.26.054
    Obsessive compulsive disorder15.113.40.87.2280.96.755
    Panic14.511.10.74.0120.88.333
    Agoraphobia12.211.70.96.7291.33.046
Nonanxiety disorders29.333.01.13.0511.21.043
    Alcohol abuse1.413.11.30.0441.21.411
    Drug abuse6.09.11.57.0051.22.245
    Somatoform3.01.80.59.050.98.947
    Hypochondriasis6.13.30.52.0010.79.285
    Bulimia1.813.41.27.0561.36.025
Prevalence of any psychiatric comorbidity59.264.11.23.0141.31.003
UnadjustedAdjusted*
No.No.PValuePValue
ns = not significant.
* Adjusted for age, sex, education, employment status, marital status, ethnicity, length of current episode and CIRS (total score).
No. of psychiatric comorbidities
Mean1.41.5.041.002
Median1.01.0nsns