Table 2

Level of psychological problem identified by GPs against number of consultations with a patient in the 12 months before the study.

	No consultations^a		Five or more consultations^b

Level of psychological problem identified	%^c	95% CI^d	%^c	95% CI^d
No psychological symptoms recognised	71.2	55.3 to 87.0	19.8	8.6 to 31.1
Any psychological symptoms	28.8	13.0 to 44.7	80.2	68.9 to 91.4
Clinically significant psychological problems	13.6	3.4 to 23.7	59.4	45.9 to 72.9
Explicit psychiatric diagnosis	10.7	1.4 to 19.9	53.6	40.1 to 67.1
Explicit diagnosis that also concurs with CIDI diagnosis	5.1	1.0 to 9.2	37.0	26.0 to 48.0

↵^a(n = 54).
↵^b(n = 161).
↵^cPercentage within disorder group estimated for the population of general practice patients with each disorder by weighting the sample according to probability of selection.
↵^dCIs are adjusted for clustering within GPs.
CIDI = composite international diagnostic interview.