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Table 5 Predictors of instrumental related barriers to receiving professional mental health care in univariate and multivariable linear regression (n = 239)

From: Mental distress, perceived need, and barriers to receive professional mental health care among university students in Ethiopia

Variables

Instrumental related barriers

Univariate

Multivariable

Beta

95% CI

P-value

Beta

95% CI

P-value

Sex

 Male (Ref.)

–

.77, .92

< 0.01

   

 Female

−.15

−.24, −.02

.02

−.10

−.20, .02

.12

Age

.19

.02, .07

.004

.13

−.01, .07

.09

Area of growing

 Urban (Ref.)

 

.64, .78

< 0.01

 

.

 

 Rural

.18

.04, .26

.01

.16

.03, .25

.01

Level of study years

 First year

.11

−.13, .34

.39

.23

−.05, .47

.11

 Second year

.14

−.10, .39

.25

.27

.02, .52

.03

 Third Year

.14

−.10, .37

.27

.23

−.02, .47

.07

 Fourth Year

.28

.17, .76

.002

.29

.19, .77

.001

 Fifth Year (Ref.)

 

.42, .86

< 0.01

   

Family mental illness history

 No (Ref.)

 

.70, .82

< 0.01

   

 Yes

.16

.05, .43

.01

.09

−.05, .32

.15

Substance use

 No (Ref.)

 

.70, .82

< 0.01

   

 Yes

.15

.03, .36

.02

.09

−.05, .28

.17

R2

 

0.14

  1. Note. Reference category for multivariable: β = −.16; 95% CI = −1.02, 0.70 p = .72. Ref. refers to reference category for univariate regression analysis and CI Confidence Interval for β
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