Geographical variation in perceptions, attitudes and barriers to mental health care-seeking across the UK: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the relative importance of the drivers of mental health care-seeking intention and how these, along with intention itself, are geographically distributed across integrated care systems (ICS) and health boards (HBs) in the UK. Also, to examine the degree of acceptance of virtual modes of care.

Design

Community-based cross-sectional survey.

Participants and setting

A national online survey of 17 309 adults between August and September 2021 recruited via a research technology company, Lucid. Sample size quotas were set to ensure coverage across the UK and match population distributions for gender, age and ethnicity. After exclusions, 16 835 participants remained (54% female, 89% white).

Main outcome measures

Care-seeking intention, using a co

SUBMITTER: Wang RAH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952949 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature