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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Prim Care Community Health. 2014 Apr 9;5(4):234–241. doi: 10.1177/2150131914529307

Table 4.

Summary of Major Findings (N = 210).

Number of psychosocial barrier categories endorsed by patients

  • At least one barrier category endorsed (81.43%)

  • Two or more barrier categories endorsed (45.71%)
Psychosocial barrier categories most frequently endorsed by patients

  1. Knowledge/risk perceptions (67.72%, mean rating = 3.22)

  2. Distress (64.01%, mean rating = 3.09)

  3. Coping skills (36.00%, mean rating = 2.36)
Significant sociodemographic correlations with the most frequently endorsed psychosocial barriers

  1. Higher knowledge/risk perceptions barriers are associated with lower education level (ie, high school completion or below) and unemployment

  2. Higher distress barriers are associated with younger age (ie, younger than 30 years)

  3. Higher coping skills barriers are associated with lower education level (ie, high school completion or below) and unemployment