Table 2. Details of quantitative studies Study Setting and Sample Methods Type of Quality Potential barrier Authors context Size study Indicators Ahmed USA, Electronic 6870 Patient record Quantitative - No power Intra-personal level et al patient records search study calculation Previously diagnosed mental (2010) accessed - No control health problem of Interpersonal level confounding Characteristics of mental variables health professional Postmus USA, three sites: 423 Quantitative None Intra-personal level (2009) Prison, specialist study Wanting to handle the domestic violence interviews problem on own community Thought it would get better receiving Interpersonal level treatment & a Unsure about who to go and specialist domestic see violence Didn’t think treatment would community not work receiving treatment Du Mont Canada, data pulled 2765 Telephone Quantitative - No power Intra-personal level et al from two existing survey study calculation Didn’t want or need help (2005) national household - No Incident too minor surveys - Violence controlling Interpersonal level Against Women for Not knowing about services Survey (VAWS, confounding No services available 1993 & GSS, 1999) variables Ashamed/embarrassed Cho USA, Data taken 346 Telephone or Quantitative - No power Intra-personal level (2012) from existing data study calculation Ethnicity set – The National -Small Current mental health Latino and Asian interviews sample size American Study in some
Table 2. Details of quantitative studies Study Authors Setting and context Sample Size Methods Type of study Quality Indicators Potential barrier Ahmed et al (2010) USA, Electronic patient records accessed 6870 Patient record search Quantitative study - No power calculation - No control of confounding variables Intra-personal level Previously diagnosed mental health problem Interpersonal level Characteristics of mental health professional Postmus (2009) USA, three sites: Prison, specialist domestic violence community receiving treatment & a specialist domestic violence community not receiving treatment 423 interviews Quantitative study None Intra-personal level Wanting to handle the problem on own Thought it would get better Interpersonal level Unsure about who to go and see Didn’t think treatment would work Du Mont et al (2005) Canada, data pulled from two existing national household surveys - Violence Against Women Survey (VAWS, 1993 & GSS, 1999) 2765 Telephone survey Quantitative study - No power calculation - No controlling for confounding variables Intra-personal level Didn’t want or need help Incident too minor Interpersonal level Not knowing about services No services available Ashamed/embarrassed Cho (2012) USA, Data taken from existing data set – The National Latino and Asian American Study 346 Telephone or interviews Quantitative study - No power calculation -Small sample size in some Intra-personal level Ethnicity Current mental health