Prevalence of Subjective Unmet Mental Healthcare Needs, Barriers, and Socioeconomic Inequality among Adult Individuals with Physical, Visual, Hearing, and Speech Disabilities in West of Iran
Table 1
Characteristics of the individuals with disability reporting subjective met and unmet need for mental healthcare services.
Variable
Subjective met need for mental health services 98 of 211 (46.5%)
Subjective unmet need for mental health services 113 of 211 (53.5%)
value
Sex
Male
32 (39.0)
50 (61.0)
0.085
Female
66 (51.2)
63 (48.8)
Type of disability
Physical
60 (44.1)
76 (55.9)
0.242
Visual
20 (58.8)
14 (47.2)
Hearing
13 (52.0)
12 (48.0)
Vocal
5 (31.3)
11 (69.7)
Age
Under 30
31 (57.4)
23 (42.6)
0.124
30–59
57 (44.2)
72 (55.7)
60 and above
10 (35.7)
18 (64.3)
Employment status
Employed
67 (53.6)
58 (46.4)
0.012
Unemployed
31 (36.1)
55 (63.9)
Education
Illiterate
8 (44.4)
10 (55.6)
0.996
Under diploma (primary and secondary)
50 (47.2)
56 (52.8)
Diploma
24 (46.2)
28 (53.8)
University
16 (45.7)
19 (54.3)
Complementary health insurance
59
111
Yes
29 (64.4)
16 (35.6)
0.006
No
69 (41.6)
97 (58.4)
Number of people with disabilities in the household
One
82 (49.1)
85 (50.9)
0.132
Two or more
16 (36.4)
28 (63.6)
Economic status
The poorest
8 (17.8)
37 (82.2)
<0.001
Poor
13 (31.0)
29 (69.0)
Middle
17 (42.5)
23 (57.5)
Rich
29 (67.4)
14 (32.6)
The richest
31 (75.6)
10 (24.4)
value: chi-square test on the difference of met and unmet needs of mental health services across different groups.
