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- Table 1:
Baseline characteristics of children and youth in Canadian Armed Forces families and children and youth in the general population, matched by age, sex and geography
Characteristic No. (%) in CAF
n = 5478No. (%) in general population
n = 21 912p value Age category, yr* – 0–6 2673 (48.8) 10 692 (48.8) 7–9 867 (15.8) 3468 (15.8) 10–14 1249 (22.8) 4996 (22.8) 15–19 689 (12.6) 2756 (12.6) Sex, female* 2665 (48.6) 10 660 (48.6) – Geography* – South East 1379 (25.2) 5516 (25.2) – Champlain 2527 (46.1) 10 108 (46.1) North Simcoe Muskoka 1096 (20.0) 4384 (20.0) North East 177 (3.2) 708 (3.2) Other 299 (5.5) 1196 (5.5) Median community income quintile < 0.001 Lowest 457 (8.3) 4031 (18.4) 2 878 (16.0) 3904 (17.8) 3 1277 (23.3) 4363 (19.9) 4 1513 (27.6) 4873 (22.2) Highest 1341 (24.5) 4577 (20.9) Missing 12 (0.2) 164 (0.7) Rural residence 1147 (20.9) 5574 (25.4) < 0.001 Note: CAF = Canadian Armed Forces, other = all other regions of Ontario.
↵* A matching variable, therefore not compared statistically.
- Table 2:
Likelihood of use of mental health services in children and youth in Canadian Armed Forces families (n = 5478) compared with general population group (n = 21 912), matched by age, sex and geography
Type of mental health service No. (%) of events RR* (95% CI) RR† (95% CI) Family physician visit‡ CAF 935 (17.1) 1.25 (1.17 to 1.33) 1.25 (1.17 to 1.34) General population 2993 (13.7) Ref. Ref. Pediatrician visit‡ CAF 426 (7.8) 0.85 (0.77 to 0.94) 0.87 (0.79 to 0.96) General population 1993 (9.1) Ref. Ref. Psychiatrist visit§ CAF 137 (2.5) 0.92 (0.77 to 1.10) 0.95 (0.79 to 1.14) General population 594 (2.7) Ref. Ref. ED visit§ CAF 116 (2.1) 1.13 (0.93 to 1.37) 1.19 (0.97 to 1.45) General population 411 (1.9) Ref. Ref. Hospital admission§ CAF 32 (0.6) 0.96 (0.65 to 1.39) 0.99 (0.67 to 1.46) General population 134 (0.6) Ref. Ref. Note: CAF = Canadian Armed Forces, CI = confidence interval, ED = emergency department, RR = relative risk, ref. = reference category.
↵* Adjusted for age (continuous), sex and region.
↵† Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, region, median community income and rurality.
↵‡ Derived from modified Poisson regression with robust error variance.
↵§ Derived from logistic regression and interpreted according to the rare outcome theory equating odds ratios with relative risks.
- Table 3:
Frequency of use of outpatient mental health services between children and youth in Canadian Armed Forces families compared with general population group, matched by age, sex and geography*
Type of mental health visit Mean no. of visits ± SD RR†‡ (95% CI) RR‡§ (95% CI) Family physician CAF 2.51 ± 2.82 1.04 (0.95 to 1.14) 1.06 (0.96 to 1.17) General population 2.51 ± 4.79 Ref. Ref. Pediatrician CAF 3.73 ± 3.57 1.09 (0.98 to 1.20) 1.11 (1.00 to 1.23) General population 3.44 ± 3.77 Ref. Ref. Psychiatrist CAF 5.46 ± 13.50 0.98 (0.64 to 1.51) 0.99 (0.65 to 1.52) General population 5.67 ± 9.66 Ref. Ref. Emergency department CAF 1.55 ± 1.71 1.00 (0.80 to 1.25) 1.01 (0.80 to 1.26) General population 1.59 ± 1.66 Ref. Ref. Note: CAF = Canadian Armed Forces, ref. = reference, RR = relative risk, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Among those who had at least 1 visit.
↵† Adjusted for age (continuous), sex and region.
↵‡ Derived from Poisson regression with an offset of follow-up time.
↵§ Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, region, median community income and rurality.
- Table 4:
Comparison of mean time to first mental health–related visit between children and youth in Canadian Armed Forces families and a general population comparator group, matched by age, sex and geography*
Type of mental health visit Mean no. of days ± SD Adjusted DD†‡ (95% CI) Adjusted DD‡§ (95% CI) Family physician CAF 450 ± 321 −55 (−79 to −32) −57 (−80 to −33) General population 505 ± 323 Ref. Ref. Pediatrician CAF 449 ± 297 33 (2 to 64) 30 (−1 to 62) General population 420 ± 329 Ref. Ref. Psychiatrist CAF 580 ± 309 108 (49 to 167) 103 (43 to 163) General population 479 ± 340 Ref. Ref. Note: CAF = Canadian Armed Forces, DD = days difference, ref. = reference, SD = standard deviation.
↵* Among those who had at least 1 visit.
↵† Adjusted for age (continuous), sex and region.
↵‡ Derived from linear regression.
↵§ Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, region, median community income and rurality.