Barriers to seeking help | Method of administration | |||||||||||
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Personal | Online N (%) | |||||||||||
Y | N | DK | Y | N | DK | |||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Too embarrassed | 430 | 28.7 | 1034 | 68.9 | 33 | 2.20 | 241 | 16.1 | 1184 | 78.9 | 70 | 4.70 |
Too scared | 960 | 64.0 | 510 | 34.0 | 28 | 1.90 | 1069 | 71.3 | 400 | 26.7 | 26 | 1.70 |
Worried about wasting the doctor’s time | 233 | 15.5 | 1215 | 81.0 | 48 | 3.20 | 169 | 11.3 | 1277 | 85.1 | 45 | 3.00 |
Difficult to talk to the doctor | 552 | 36.8 | 870 | 58.0 | 68 | 4.50 | 561 | 37.4 | 848 | 56.5 | 86 | 5.70 |
Difficult to make an appointment with the doctor | 803 | 53.5 | 619 | 41.3 | 69 | 4.60 | 934 | 62.3 | 499 | 33.3 | 61 | 4.10 |
Too busy to make time to go to the doctor | 775 | 51.7 | 650 | 43.3 | 68 | 4.50 | 746 | 49.7 | 678 | 45.2 | 67 | 4.50 |
Have too many other things to worry about | 765 | 51.0 | 656 | 43.7 | 71 | 4.70 | 738 | 49.2 | 691 | 46.1 | 62 | 4.10 |
Difficult to arrange transport to the doctor’s clinic | 651 | 43.4 | 765 | 51.0 | 79 | 5.30 | 738 | 49.2 | 692 | 46.1 | 68 | 4.50 |
Worried about what the doctor might find | 1036 | 69.1 | 402 | 26.8 | 58 | 3.90 | 1184 | 78.9 | 269 | 17.9 | 42 | 2.80 |
Do not feel confident talking about my symptom with the doctor | 532 | 35.5 | 878 | 58.5 | 87 | 5.80 | 86 | 5.70 | 122 | 8.10 | 1292 | 86.1 |
Y - yes, N - no, DK - do not know