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. 2016 Sep 6;16(1):472. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1728-4

Table 2.

Association between difficulty in accessing health care and self-diagnosis, and perceived barriers

Difficulty with access Likelihood of self-diagnosis
Barrier Coef (95 % CI) P value Coef (95 % CI) P value
Finding time 0.64 (0.44, 0.84) <0.001 0.40 (0.16, 0.63) <0.001
Confidentiality 0.11 (−0.06 ,0.27) 0.2 0.22 (0.06, 0.38) 0.01
Inability to see someone I know 0.10 (−0.07 ,0.26) 0.25 0.19 (0.03, 0.34) 0.02
Cost of care 0.04 (−0.16 ,0.25) 0.69 0.17 (−0.03, 0.36) 0.1
Losing work time 0.18 (0.02, 0.35) 0.03 0.21 (0.06, 0.37) 0.01
Not encouraged by employer 0.37 (0.19 ,0.54) <0.001 0.18 (0.01, 0.35) 0.03