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Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2022 Feb 15;303:273–285. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.031

Table 6:

Socio-demographic predictors of wanting to handle it by their own (attitudinal barrier) among the subgroup with 12-month mental disorders who perceived a need for mental health care but did not access any, in the WMH Americas Surveys. Country effect vs. overall effect.

Variable Overall (n = 2650) Argentina (n = 234) Brazil (n = 431) Colombia (n = 430) Medellin, Colombia (n = 196) Mexico (n = 352) Peru (n = 203) United States (n = 804)
aORa (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) aORa (95% CI)
Sex
Female 0.7* (0.6–1.0) 0.9 (0.5–1.7) 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 1.3 (0.7–2.2) 1.0 (0.5–2.1) 1.0 (0.6–1.7) 1.1 (0.6–2.2) 1.0 (0.6–1.4)
Male 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 -
χ21 (p-value) 5.1* (0.025) 0.1 (0.814) 1.1 (0.284) 0.6 (0.428) 0.0 (1.000) 0.0 (0.935) 0.1 (0.709) 0.0 (0.847)
Age
Age 18–49 1.2 (0.9–1.8) 1.8 (0.7–4.4) 0.5* (0.3–1.0) 0.9 (0.4–2.4) 1.8 (0.7–4.7) 0.7 (0.3–1.8) 1.1 (0.3–3.4) 0.8 (0.5–1.4)
Age ≥50 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 -
χ21 (p-value) 1.3 (0.263) 1.7 (0.188) 4.3* (0.038) 0.0 (0.852) 1.7 (0.198) 0.5 (0.488) 0.0 (0.886) 0.6 (0.452)
Education
Low / Low average 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.7 (0.3–1.8) 0.9 (0.5–1.7) 1.1 (0.6–2.1) 1.3 (0.5–3.0) 1.0 (0.6–1.9) 0.9 (0.5–1.8) 1.1 (0.7–1.7)
High average / High 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 -
χ21 (p-value) 0.6 (0.444) 0.6 (0.448) 0.0 (0.836) 0.1 (0.711) 0.3 (0.587) 0.0 (0.934) 0.0 (0.868) 0.2 (0.689)
Marital status
Married-cohabitating 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 -
Previously married 1.4 (0.9–2.1) 0.6 (0.2–1.7) 0.9 (0.4–1.7) 0.4* (0.2–1.0) 1.2 (0.3–4.5) 2.1 (0.9–5.1) 1.7 (0.5–6.5) 0.9 (0.5–1.6)
Never married 1.0 (0.8–1.4) 0.6 (0.3–1.4) 1.3 (0.6–2.8) 1.7 (0.8–3.3) 1.1 (0.5–2.6) 1.2 (0.7–2.1) 0.9 (0.4–1.7) 0.6 (0.4–1.0)
χ22 (p-value) 2.7 (0.264) 1.8 (0.397) 0.7 (0.689) 7.4* (0.025) 0.2 (0.925) 2.9 (0.229) 0.9 (0.629) 3.3 (0.188)
Income
Low / Low average 0.8 (0.7–1.1) 2.2 (0.9–5.1) 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 1.3 (0.8–2.2) 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 0.9 (0.5–1.5) 0.8 (0.4–1.5) 0.9 (0.6–1.4)
High average / High 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 -
χ21 (p-value) 1.7 (0.187) 3.1 (0.077) 1.4 (0.232) 1.0 (0.311) 0.5 (0.459) 0.1 (0.707) 0.5 (0.489) 0.2 (0.663)
Severity
Severe 0.5* (0.3–0.7) 0.4* (0.2–1.0) 2.1 (0.9–4.9) 0.9 (0.5–1.9) 1.1 (0.4–3.1) 1.3 (0.6–2.7) 0.8 (0.4–1.8) 1.0 (0.6–1.6)
Moderate 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 1.3 (0.6–2.8) 1.5 (0.8–2.9) 1.1 (0.6–2.0) 0.4 (0.2–1.1) 1.3 (0.7–2.3) 0.9 (0.4–2.0) 1.0 (0.6–1.7)
Mild 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 -
χ22 (p-value) 17.8* (<0.001) 6.2* (0.045) 3.6 (0.166) 0.1 (0.945) 6.0* (0.050) 1.0 (0.621) 0.2 (0.899) 0.1 (0.964)

Model Fit AIC = 2003.4

a

Data are given as adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) unless otherwise indicated

*

Significant at p = .05, 2-sided test

Reference categories are denoted as 1.0 −.

The degrees of freedom for each chi-square test is based upon the number of groups available in each main category

Note: each row shows a separate logistic regression model with handle own as the outcome variable, controlling for the other predictor variables (rows), survey, and all predictor-by-survey interaction dummies. The second column shows the overall adjusted predictor variable effect; the survey columns show to what extent the survey-specific adjusted predictor variable effect deviates from the overall adjusted predictor variable effect. Thus, the survey-specific effect in any given survey can be obtained by multiplying the overall aOR by the survey-specific aOR (i.e., the deviation from the overall effect)

Models include controls for groups of 12-Month DSM-IV / WMH CIDI disorders (any anxiety, any mood, any substance, and any externalized)

Intermittent explosive disorder was not assessed in Mexico and Medellin, were coded as zero; Imputed variables for alcohol and drug dependence were used for Colombia, Mexico, Peru and the U.S.; Lifetime ADHD was used in all countries, and was coded as zero for those with age > 45 in Colombia, Mexico, Peru and the U.S.