Participants’ agreement with statements associated with barriers to seeking help.
| Barriers to seeking help | All participants | |
|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | |
| Worried about what the doctor might find | 2220 | (74.0) |
| Too scared | 2029 | (67.6) |
| Difficult to make an appointment with the doctor | 1737 | (57.9) |
| Too busy to make time to go to the doctor | 1521 | (50.7) |
| Have too many other things to worry about | 1503 | (50.1) |
| Difficult to arrange transport to the doctor’s clinic | 1389 | (46.3) |
| Difficult to talk to the doctor | 1113 | (37.1) |
| Too embarrassed | 671 | (22.4) |
| Do not feel confident talking about my symptoms with the doctor | 618 | (20.6) |
| Worried about wasting the doctor’s time | 402 | (13.4) |