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Table 2 Frequency of the PHBS by Items

From: How to measure barriers in accessing mental healthcare? Psychometric evaluation of a screening tool in parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Item

M

SD

Not at all

A little bit1

Moderately to Extremelya

(1) I don’t have enough time

2.54

1.34

9.6%

16.4%

74.0%

(2) Support is too far away

1.52

1.38

33.8%

18.8%

47.4%

(3) The expense and added costs (e.g., time off work, transportation) are too high

2.44

1.44

14.2%

15.8%

70.0%

(4) I don’t have access to support that is based on the latest research.

1.35

1.42

41.6%

18.6%

39.8%

(5) I don’t know how to get access to support.

1.2

1.32

43.9%

19.7%

36.4%

(6) The waiting lists are too long

2.01

1.56

25.9%

15.6%

58.5%

(7) I am not emotionally ready for receiving support

0.79

1.05

53.0%

26.3%

20.7%

(8) It might not be confidential

0.56

1.06

70.9%

14.5%

14.6%

(9) Support would not be helpful for me

0.62

1.04

66.3%

16.4%

17.3%

(10) Support involves loss of control/autonomy

0.58

0.93

63.8%

21.9%

14.3%

(11) I don’t want to be labelled as having a mental illness

0.76

1.2

61.9%

18.8%

19.3%

(12) I feel guilty for having mental health challenges from caring for my child.

1.5

1.46

36.9%

19.2%

43.9%

(13) My child and my family are my priority; I have to focus on caregiving

2.75

1.3

6.6%

15.1%

78.3%

(14) The people around me discourage me from seeking help for mental health challenges

0.3

0.72

81.2%

10.9%

7.9%

(15) I want to avoid talking about stressful experiences in my life.

1.27

1.24

34.6%

29.9%

35.5%

(16) Otherb

0.68

1.33

76.4%

3.2%

20.4%

  1. aFor the participants who endorsed the barrier, they rated to what extent the barrier affected their access to mental healthcare
  2. bFor the open-ended question “please specify other barriers”, forty effective answers were collected. The most common barriers the participants reported were no caregiver-specific treatments for them (n = 13/40, 32.5%) and financial issues (n = 7/40, 17.5%)