TABLE 4.

Reasons for Not Using VA Mental Health Care Among Women With Perceived Need for Care Who Used Only Non-VA Mental Health Care as Compared With Women Who Do Not Have Past Year Mental Health Use^*†

	Non-VA MH Use		No MH Use
Reasons	n	% (SE)	n	% (SE)	AOR	95% CI
The care I wanted was too difficult to get in VA	216	45.2 (2.4)	67	28.2 (3.1)	2.12	1.49–3.03
I did not think I would be able to see a female provider as often as I liked in VA	187	38.7 (2.3)	38	15.9 (2.5)	3.22	2.14–4.85
I did not think I would be able to participate in women-only group treatments as often as I liked in VA	192	41.1 (2.4)	44	19.7 (2.8)	2.75	1.85–4.09
I did not think I would be able to get care in a women-only setting as often as I liked in VA	200	41.9 (2.4)	50	22.0 (2.9)	2.49	1.69–3.65
I thought I would feel out of place, uncomfortable, or uneasy at the VA because I am a woman	193	39.1 (2.3)	37	15.3 (2.4)	3.52	2.32–5.34
I did not think I would get good quality mental health care from VA	215	42.7 (2.3)	55	22.7 (2.8)	2.56	1.77–3.72

^*N = 731 with missing values possible on each item; non-VA MH use n = 492; no MH use n = 239.

^†The unweighted n is provided and all other statistics are calculated using weighted data.

Odds ratios adjusted for age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, significant effects are in bold.

AOR indicates adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; MH, mental health; VA, Department of Veteran Affairs.