Table 2.
Characteristics of participants who perceived unmet need for depression treatment, by severity of depression (N = 165 unless otherwise noted)
| Total Sample n (%) |
Major depression (n=87) n (%) |
Mild depression symptoms (n=78) n (%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barriers to treatment | ||||
| Attitudinal-Treatment | 106 (64) | 66(76) | 40 (51) | .001 |
| Attitudinal-Disorder | 97 (59) | 51 (59) | 46 (59) | .963 |
| Attitudinal-Stigma | 89 (54) | 58 (67) | 31 (40) | .001 |
| Structural | 82 (50) | 36 (41) | 46 (59) | .024 |
| Financial (n=126; adults only) | 58 (46) | 29(48) | 29 (45) | .742 |
| Number of barriers to treatment | .234 | |||
| No barriers | 8 (5) | 2 (2) | 6 (8) | |
| Few barriers (1–2 barriers) | 66 (40) | 34 (39) | 32 (41) | |
| Moderate barriers (3–5 barriers) | 91 (55) | 51 (59) | 40 (51) | |
| Received treatment for mental health in lifetime? | .047 | |||
| Treatment at some point in lifetime | 108 (65) | 63 (72) | 45 (58) | |
| No prior treatment | 57 (35) | 24 (30) | 33 (42) | |
| Risk of suicide | <.001 | |||
| High | 126 (76) | 76 (87) | 50 (64) | |
| Low | 39 (24) | 26 (20) | 18 (44) | |
| Demographics | ||||
| Gender (n=157) | .879 | |||
| Male | 103 (66) | 54 (65) | 49 (66) | |
| Female/Otherc | 54 (34) | 29 (35) | 25 (43) | |
| Age (n=156) | .014 | |||
| 15–17 | 37 (24) | 26 (32) | 11 (15) | |
| 18+ | 119 (76) | 56 (68) | 63 (85) | |
| Race/Ethnicity (n=156) | .030 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 92 (59) | 55 (67) | 37 (50) | |
| Other | 64 (41) | 27 (33) | 37(50) | |
| Student status (n=157) | .849 | |||
| Yes | 73 (47) | 38 (46) | 35 (47) | |
| No | 84 (54) | 45 (54) | 39 (53) | |
| Employ status (n=157) | .098 | |||
| Yes | 91 (58) | 43 (52) | 48 (65) | |
| No | 66 (42) | 40 (48) | 26 (35) | |
| Annual household income (n=155) | .004 | |||
| <$25,000 | 75 (48) | 50 (60) | 25 (35) | |
| $25,000 −$74,999 | 55 (35) | 25 (30) | 30 (42) | |
| ≥$75,000 | 25 (16) | 8 (10) | 17 (24) | |
| Recruiting social media platform | 0.01 | |||
| 31 (19) | 18 (21) | 13 (17) | ||
| Forums | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| 48 (29) | 27(30) | 21 (29) | ||
| 61 (37) | 22 (25) | 39 (50) | ||
| Teenline | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 | |
| Tumblr | 11 (7) | 8 (9) | 3 (4) | |
| 11 (7) | 9 (10) | 2 (3) |