Yoshihiro Kaneko|Yutaka Motohashi
Male Gender and Low Education with Poor Mental Health Literacy: A Population-based Study
Akita University|Akita University
male gender low socioeconomic status related depression suicide possible relationship mental health literacy remains uncertain objectives study assess level mental health literacy rural communities japan examine related factorsa populationbased crosssectional study using questionnaire conducted response rate 882 8163 residents aged 3069 years relationships mental health literacy including cognition depression attitude toward depression acceptance suicide demographics socioeconomic status severity depression assessed logistic regression analysisof respondents 252 showed inadequate cognition depression 125 showed inadequate attitude toward depression 131 showed acceptance suicide complete respondents 655 inadequate cognition depression associated male adjusted odds ratio193 95 confidence interval 168222 advanced age 218 158300 lower level education 195 134286 inadequate attitude toward depression associated male 218 182261 lower education 234 138397 severity depression 226 154332 acceptance suicide associated male 133 113158 severity depression 577 420793poor mental health literacy related strongly male gender low level education according results poor mental health literacy may possibly factor contributing male vulnerability suicide