Table 3.

Barriers to depression treatment among individuals with major depression and mild depression symptoms who perceived an unmet need for depression treatment

Barriers	Total n (%)	Major depression (n=87) n (%)	Mild depression (n=78) n (%)	P
Attitudinal – Treatment	106 (64)	66(76)	40 (51)	.001
Didn’t think anyone could help	42 (25)	26 (30)	16 (21)	.168
Tried getting help before and it didn’t work (adults only)	48 (38)	34 (56)	14 (22)	<.001
Was afraid they would put me into the hospital or of the treatment they would give me	48 (29)	33 (38)	15 (19)	.008
Hated answering personal questions	34 (21)	23 (26)	11 (14)	.051
Didn’t want to go	37 (22)	27 (31)	10 (13)	.005
Attitudinal – Disorder	51 (59)	51 (59)	46 (59)	.963
Thought the problem would get better by itself / Didn’t think the problem was serious enough	72 (44)	38 (44)	34 (44)	.991
Thought it was something I should be strong enough to handle alone	84 (51)	46 (53)	38 49)	.594
Attitudinal – Stigma	89 (54)	58 (67)	31 (40)	.001
Was too embarrassed to discuss it with anyone	63 (38)	44 (51)	19 (24)	<.001
Was afraid of what my boss, friends, family, or others would think	53 (32)	35 (40)	18 (23)	.019
A member of my family objected	18 (11)	13 (15)	5 (6)	.079
Was afraid I would lose my job (adults only)	8 (6)	6 (10)	2 (3)	.120
Structural	82 (50)	36 (41)	46 (59)	.024
Didn’t know any place to go for help	35 (21)	18 (21)	17 (22)	.862
Didn’t have any way to get there or couldn’t arrange for childcare	29 (18)	15 (17)	14 (18)	.905
Didn’t have time (adults only)	39 (31)	14 (23)	25 (38)	.060
The hours were inconvenient (adults only)	11 (9)	4 (7)	7 (11)	.403
Had to wait too long to get into a program (adults only)	6 (5)	3 (5)	3 (5)	.937
Financial
Can’t afford it / not covered by health insurance (adults only)	58 (46)	29 (48)	29 (45)	.742