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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2013 Aug 9;44(6):1303–1317. doi: 10.1017/S0033291713001943

Appendix Table B.

Reasons for dropping out of treatment among respondents with twelve-month mental disorders who received any treatment according to level of severity.

Countrya Low perceived need for treatment Any structural barrier Any attitudinal barrier

Serious
Moderate/
Mild
serious vs.
moderate/mild
Serious
Moderate/
Mild
serious vs.
moderate/mild
Serious
Moderate/
Mild
serious vs.
moderate/mild
% SE % SE χ21 p % SE % SE χ21 p % SE % SE χ21 p
High-income countries
Belgium (N=13) 45.4 20.6 44.4 26.0 0.0 .97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . . 52.4 20.3 100.0 0.0 2.9 .09
France (N=13) 21.2 22.5 49.0 17.8 0.9 .35 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . . 81.8 16.6 83.4 13.1 0.0 .94
Germany (N=7) 100.0 0.0 70.9 18.3 0.8 .37 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . . 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 1.1 .29
Italy (N=7) 51.1 35.3 21.6 16.1 0.5 .49 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . . 100.0 0.0 89.6 10.7 0.8 .39
Netherlands (N=11) 10.0 9.9 80.2 17.8 4.0 .04 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . . 86.3 18.7 38.5 20.8 2.7 .10
Spain (N=12) 4.8 5.1 57.6 22.5 3.3 .07 15.1 11.5 0.0 0.0 1.8 .18 100.0 0.0 56.0 22.7 2.6 .11
Israel (N=27) 34.2 16.3 30.8 11.7 0.0 .86 28.9 13.1 29.3 11.2 0.0 .98 77.5 11.9 83.8 10.7 0.2 .70
Japan (N=7) 100.0 0.0 57.0 21.5 0.9 .35 0.0 0.0 26.7 18.7 0.7 .98 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 2.1 .15
NZL (N=83) 37.4 10.2 44.4 9.3 0.3 .62 49.0 11.1 39.2 9.4 0.5 .98 79.1 9.5 98.5 1.1 3.6 .06
Northern Ireland (N=13) 58.9 25.1 54.4 22.5 0.0 .90 14.8 15.0 19.7 14.8 0.1 .98 35.2 22.7 58.6 26.1 0.4 .52
Portugal (N=29) 23.0 14.1 57.5 14.0 2.4 .13 32.3 13.6 13.6 8.4 1.1 .98 82.6 8.9 85.0 10.3 0.0 .87
United States (N=78) 19.0 7.5 29.6 8.3 0.7 .39 30.2 7.3 32.7 8.3 0.1 .98 92.0 3.7 76.7 7.5 3.9 .06
Upper-middle income countries
Brazil – São Paulo (N=42) 17.0 6.3 22.8 13.9 0.1 .71 29.6 8.3 32.6 16.9 0.0 .98 76.1 8.8 70.1 16.7 0.2 .69
Bulgaria (N=5) . . 17.0 13.7 . . . . 83.0 13.7 . .98 . . 87.1 13.2 . .
Lebanon (N=5) 20.7 19.1 100.0 0.0 2.4 .12 24.5 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.9 .98 34.0 25.9 100.0 0.0 2.2 .14
Mexico (N=27) 16.3 9.9 42.2 14.1 1.7 .19 37.1 17.0 42.2 10.1 0.1 .98 90.6 7.5 77.7 14.4 0.6 .46
Romania (N=4) . . 59.6 23.7 . . . . 0.0 0.0 . .98 . . 100.0 0.0 . .
South Africa (N=21) 14.8 13.8 34.7 12.6 1.0 .31 16.7 13.0 32.3 15.7 0.6 .98 90.0 9.9 90.5 7.0 0.0 .96
Low and lower middle income countries
Colombia (N=28) 43.3 15.9 38.4 12.4 0.1 .82 0.0 0.0 12.2 6.8 2.2 .98 100.0 0.0 62.4 12.6 3.7 .05
India - Pondicherry (N=3) . . 17.0 17.5 . . . . 0.0 0.0 . .98 . . 89.2 13.2 . .
Iraq (N=7) 79.9 19.7 22.1 17.3 1.0 .31 20.2 19.7 77.9 17.3 1.0 .98 10.8 12.9 92.8 8.9 1.8 .18
Nigeria (N=1) 100.0 0.0 . . . . 0.0 0.0 . . . .98 100.0 0.0 . . . .
PRCb-Beijing/Shanghai (N=5) 100.0 0.0 55.7 23.6 0.8 .36 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . .98 100.0 0.0 60.1 32.0 0.7 .42
PRCb -Shenzhen (N=4) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . . 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 .98 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 . .
Ukraine (N=14) 73.9 14.1 33.7 20.9 2.0 .16 26.2 14.1 30.3 15.7 0.0 .98 37.0 22.5 54.1 17.4 0.4 .51
a

N shown is the denominator N of all respondents with twelve month mental disorders who did not use services in that period in each country

b

People’s Republic of China