Referral to mental healthcare by those GPs who recognised anxiety and those who did not
| Other referral options | Mental healthcare | ||
| V1-Somatic | Selected | 13 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
| Not selected | 192 (96.0%) | 8 (4.0%) | |
| V2-Behavioural | Selected | 59 (78.7%) | 16 (21.3%) |
| Not selected | 105 (73.9%) | 37 (26.1%) | |
| V3-Mood | Selected | 24 (80.0%) | 6 (20.0%) |
| Not selected | 137 (71.0%) | 56 (29.0%) | |
| V4-Developmental | Selected | 17 (89.5%) | 2 (10.5%) |
| Not selected | 166 (86.9%) | 25 (13.1%) | |
| V5-School Attendance | Selected | 22 (91.7%) | 2 (8.3%) |
| Not selected | 170 (91.9%) | 15 (8.1%) | |
| Mean V1–V5 | Selected | 88.0% | 12.0% |
| Not selected | 83.9% | 16.1% |
Selection frequency of each referral option per vignette partitioned by GPs who selected anxiety and who did not. Data revealed no significant associations between recognition of anxiety and referral to MHC (OR=0.70, 95% CI 0.42 to 1.18, p=0.19). An MHC referral includes referral to primary MHC and specialised MHC, other referral options include the mental health practice nurse in general practice, local youth teams and somatic healthcare (selection rates of each specific referral option are depicted in online supplementary file B).
GPs, general practitioners; MHC, mental healthcare.