Barriers to care in juvenile localized and systemic scleroderma: an exploratory survey study of caregivers’ perspectives

Table 2 P-values Determined by Chi Squared Analysis for Social Determinants of Health Associated with Barriers^a to Care for United States Participants

Social Determinant	Public Insurance (n = 11)	Income (< $100,000) (n = 21)	Hispanic Ethnicity (n = 17)
Income < $50,000	< 0.001	NA	NS
Travel time > 2 h	NS	0.005	NS
Household education of high school or less	NS	< 0.001	NS
Major problem finding doctors fluent in their language	0.033	NS	NS
Major problem obtaining referrals for specialist	0.008	NS	NS
Major problem with long wait times for specialist	NS	NS	0.006
Major problem accessing a specialists	0.093	NS	NS
Major problem with long distances to appointment	NS	0.040	NS
Major problem with lacking transportation	NS	0.003	NS
Major problem affording medication or appointments	NS	NS	0.025
Major problem balancing school and healthcare needs	0.079	NS	NS
Major problem identifying effective medication	NS	0.065	< 0.001

^aCharacteristics assessed included public insurance, income, travel time, race, ethnicity, English as primary language, household education, United States regions, doctors fluent in your language, judgement of appearance, obtaining referrals, long wait times for a specialist, long distances to medical appointment, lacking transportation, ability to access specialist, lack of medical provider knowledge of scleroderma, insurance coverage of medications, insurance coverage of appointments, ability to afford medications, balancing work/school and healthcare needs, finding childcare, understanding instructions of medications, side effects from medications, identifying effective medication, obtaining medication from pharmacy, and finding reliable scleroderma information. Only p-values < 0.1 were included

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