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Factors associated with initiation of community‐based therapy for emerging adults with mood and anxiety disorders
Author(s) -
Saunders Hailey,
Osuch Elizabeth,
Anderson Kelly,
Martin Janet,
Kunnilathu Abraham,
JohnBaptiste Ava
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
early intervention in psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.087
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1751-7893
pISSN - 1751-7885
DOI - 10.1111/eip.12920
Subject(s) - anxiety , mood , logistic regression , anxiety sensitivity , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Aim The First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program (FEMAP) is a community‐based early intervention program that has been shown to improve health outcomes for emerging adults (EAs) with mood and anxiety disorders. However, not all EAs who are admitted to the program initiate treatment. Our aim was to identify factors that distinguish those who initiated treatment from those who did not. Methods FEMAP administered questionnaires to EAs upon first contact with the program, collecting information on a range of socioeconomic, patient and condition‐related factors. We compared EAs who initiated treatment in the program ( n = 318, 87.4%) to those who did not ( n = 46, 12.6%). To examine factors associated with treatment initiation, we specified a parsimonious logistic regression model, using the method of purposeful selection to choose from a range of candidate variables. Results Anxiety Sensitivity Index ‐ Revised (ASI‐R), binge drinking and cannabis use were included in the final logistic regression model. Each one‐point increment in the ASI‐R score was associated with a 1% increase in the odds of treatment initiation (OR = 1.014; 95% CI [1.003, 1.026]). No other variable was significantly associated with treatment initiation. Conclusions Our study provides insight on the differences between EAs with mood and anxiety disorders who initiated targeted treatment services and those who did not. Anxiety sensitivity was significantly associated with treatment initiation at FEMAP. Our findings suggest that it may be anxiety sensitivity, rather than depression or functional impairment per se that drive treatment initiation among EAs.