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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Anxiety Disord. 2007 Feb 3;22(1):10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.01.009. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.01.009

Table 3.

Frequencies of Reasons Endorsed for CBT Nonadherence and Kendall's τ Correlations with ADQ subscales (n=22)a

TAS Reason(s) for Nonadherence -CBT N (%) BAR UTI INT SUB INS
Perceived Environmental Barriers 11 (50.0) -.23 * -.06 -.09 -.08 .01
Too busy or treatment was inconvenient
Did not have enough money to pay for CBT
Health insurance plan did not cover CBT
CBT not available
Perceived Utility of Treatment 9 (40.9) -.13 -.02 -.06 -.02 .00
Did not think CBT for OCD would work for me
CBT not helpful for my OCD in the past
CBT would not teach me anything new
Beliefs Regarding Severity of Illness 5 (22.7) -.08 -.22 * -.01 -.08 .04
OCD not severe enough to justify need for CBT
OCD symptoms were too severe to participate
Relationship With Clinician 5 (22.7) -.18 -.07 -.14 -.17 .05
Did not think CBT provider was good
OCD symptoms too personal to discuss
Too anxious/fearful to participate in CBT Stigma/Confidentiality 12 (54.5) 2 (9.09) -.07b .03b .02b -.05b .03b
Worried about stigma/being labeled mentally ill
Embarrassed for people to find out I was in treatment
Did not want there to be a “record” of treatment

Note: ADQ subscales BAR=Support/Barriers; UTI=Perceived Utility; SEV=Perceived Severity; INT=Interpersonal Aspects of Care; SUS= Perceived Susceptibility; SUB= Subjective Norms; INS=Intensions. Lower scores on the ADQ indicate lower levels of adherence.

a

= respondents were participants who reported nonadherence to CBT (n=22)

b

= fewer than 5 participants endorsed this domain.

*

Kendall's τ B rank correlation coefficients is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

**

Kendall's τ B rank correlation coefficients is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).