Table 4.

Association between help seeking behaviour and barriers for mental health care in the baseline survey

	Received treatment in the past 12 months		Unadjusted Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
Barriers to mental health care	No [Mean (SD)]	Yes [Mean (SD)]
Overall BACE	32.1 (13.3)	27.6 (10.6)	0.97 (0.94–1.00)	0.111
Stigma	13.6 (6.6)	11.6 (6.5)	0.96 (0.98–1.02)	0.167
Financial barriers	3.6 (1.8)	2.8 (1.2)	0.76 (0.59–0.99)	0.042
Low perceived needs	4.2 (2.3)	4.0 (2.2)	0.96 (0.80–1.15)	0.665
Cultural practice and beliefs	3.0 (1.6)	2.4 (1.2)	0.78 (0.58–1.04)	0.095
Lack of support	3.1 (1.9)	2.3 (1.5)	0.78 (0.61–1.01)	0.063
Lack of knowledge about available services	1.3 (0.96)	1.1 (1.0)	0.81 (0.52–1.27)	0.362
Perceived ineffectiveness of services	2.3 (1.7)	2.0 (1.5)	0.90 (0.70–1.17)	0.448