Table 4

Sources of help football club players would use if depressed - percentage of players reporting that they would seek help from each individual source.

Source of help

Intervention League

Initial

Intervention

League Follow-up

Comparison League

A member of your family

79

77

P = 0.33*

64

P = 0.38**

A mate

75

73

P = 0.28*

68

P = 0.49**

Football club leader

41

41

P = 0.52*

26

P = 0.62**

A minister/priest

10

8

P = 0.08*

11

P = 0.04**

Telephone counselling

17

22

P = 0.39*

15

P = 0.60**

Internet

23

25

P = 0.28*

25

P = 0.74**

Poster/pamphlets

24

23

P = 0.42*

21

P = 0.16**

GP/family doctor

62

63

P = 0.54*

66

P = 0.24**

* Comparing initial intervention league data with follow-up intervention league data

** Comparing follow-up intervention league data with comparison league data

Data were collected from comparison football league players at the same time as follow-up data from the intervention football league

Pierce et al. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2010 4:10   doi:10.1186/1752-4458-4-10