Associations between healthcare-seeking behaviour evaluated in 10th-grade adolescents and high school dropout 5 years later
| Crude | Adjusted† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | |
| Self-reported level of healthcare use | OR (95% CI)‡ | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) |
| School health services | ||||
| None (ref) | ||||
| 1–3 | 1.15 (1.01 to 1.30)* | 1.36 (1.19 to 1.56)*** | 0.82 (0.70 to 0.96)* | 1.15 (0.97 to 1.36) |
| ≥4 | 2.02 (1.59 to 2.56)*** | 1.93 (1.16 to 3.21)* | 0.86 (0.63 to 1.17) | 0.71 (0.37 to 1.36) |
| Youth health clinic | ||||
| None (ref) | ||||
| 1–3 | 1.83 (1.60 to 2.10)*** | 1.64 (1.36 to 1.97)*** | 1.72 (1.45 to 2.04)*** | 1.16 (0.92 to 1.45) |
| ≥4 | 3.06 (2.37 to 3.95)*** | 5.02 (2.48 to 10.14)*** | 1.99 (1.45 to 2.73)*** | 2.76 (1.24 to 6.13)* |
| General practitioner | ||||
| None (ref) | ||||
| 1–3 | 0.95 (0.84 to 1.07) | 0.73 (0.65 to 0.81)*** | 0.89 (0.77 to 1.03) | 0.69 (0.61 to 0.79)*** |
| ≥4 | 1.26 (1.06 to 1.50)** | 0.96 (0.79 to 1.18) | 0.87 (0.69 to 1.10) | 0.85 (0.66 to 1.09) |
| Child and adolescent mental health services | ||||
| None (ref) | ||||
| ≥1 | 3.18 (2.63 to 3.84)*** | 3.37 (2.60 to 4.37)*** | 2.04 (1.60 to 2.60)*** | 2.85 (2.07 to 3.93)** |
Investigated using multiple logistic regression analysis.
*Significant relationship, p≤0.05.
**Significant relationship, p≤0.01.
***Significant relationship, p≤0.001.
†In the adjusted model use of each health service is adjusted for use of the other healthcare services, health indicators and sociodemographic variables.
‡All associations were expressed in OR with 95% CI.