Table 4.
Reasons for failing to initiate or continue treatment
| Initiating1 |
Continuing2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Metro |
Remainder of Sample |
New Orleans Metro |
Remainder of Sample |
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| % | (sd) | % | (sd) | % | (sd) | % | (sd) | |
| I Need | ||||||||
| Thought would get better | 68.1 | (63.2) | 89.1 | (52.4) | 6.9 | (19.3) | 4.2 | (21.9) |
| Problem was not severe | 0.8 | (5.3) | 0.3 | (4.3) | 1.2 | (3.1) | 1.2 | (7.5) |
| Any need reason | 68.7 | (63.2) | 89.4 | (52.4) | 6.9 | (19.3) | 4.2 | (21.9) |
| II Enabling | ||||||||
| Financial | 17.9 | (59.7) | 7.9 | (50.2) | 46.7 | (45.5) | 54.4 | (104.6) |
| Availability | 10.5 | (32.9) | 2.1 | (18.2) | 41.5 | (41.4) | 42.9 | (104.6) |
| Transportation | 2.3 | (13.4) | 1.6 | (17.1) | 18.1 | (28.5) | 30.0 | (97.7) |
| Inconvenient | 7.1 | (24.0) | 2.0 | (16.0) | 5.1 | (9.5) | 5.7 | (24.4) |
| Any enabling reason | 28.2 | (62.3) | 11.1 | (54.5) | 84.0 | (31.2) | 74.0 | (97.7) |
| III Predisposing | ||||||||
| Wanted to handle on own | 4.4 | (18.7) | 4.6 | (46.0) | 3.3 | (8.1) | 1.2 | (7.5) |
| Perceived ineffectiveness | 2.1 | (13.4) | 0.2 | (2.1) | 0.0 | (0.0) | 0.0 | (0.0) |
| Stigma | 1.7 | (12.5) | 1.4 | (15.0) | 1.0 | (3.4) | 0.0 | (0.0) |
| Any predisposing reason | 4.5 | (18.7) | 5.8 | (62.0) | 4.2 | (8.8) | 1.2 | (7.5) |
| (n)1 | (121) | (67) | (29) | (19) | ||||
1
Among respondents with a positive K6 screening score who reported that they did not have a mental disorder in the year before the hurricane.
2
Among respondents who reported that they had a mental disorder in the year before the hurricane.