Table 3.

Sub-Analyses of Men's Hypothetical Choice of Treatment for Depression, Multinomial Regression by Depressive Severity

	OR	95% CI	P
Severity of depression: None to mild, PHQ-9 < 10 (n = 669)
Reference: No treatment/wait-and-see (n = 242)
Medication, 6 months with possible side effects (n = 130)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	1.06^*	1.03–1.09	<.001
Individual psychotherapy (n = 238)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	1.04^*	1.02–1.07	.001
Group psychotherapy (n = 59)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	1.02^*	0.98–1.06	.27
Severity of depression: moderate, PHQ-9 ≥ 10 (n = 74)
Reference: No treatment/wait-and-see (n = 27)
Medication, 6 months with possible side effects (n = 22)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	1.02^†	0.94–1.11	.63
Individual psychotherapy (n = 18)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	0.96^†	0.88–1.05	.41
Group psychotherapy (n = 7)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	1.11^†	0.97–1.26	.12
Severity of depression: moderately severe, PHQ-9 ≥ 15 (n = 76)
Reference: No treatment/wait-and-see (n = 16)
Medication, 6 months with possible side effects (n = 31)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	1.13^†	1.04–1.24	.005
Individual psychotherapy (n = 21)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	1.14^†	1.04–1.25	.008
Group psychotherapy (n = 8)
Patient-doctor depth of relationship	1.08^†	0.97–1.21	.17

CI, confidential interval; OR, odds ratio; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Bold text indicates statistically significant values.
↵* Odds ratios adjusted for age, employment, retirement, student status, and level of education.
↵† Odds ratios adjusted for age and employment.