Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of child, family, and service use for all families with an MHWC visit.
| Agency 1 (N = 2540) |
Agency 2 (N = 433) |
|
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Child | ||
| Child age | ||
| <12 years old | 1606 (63.2%) | 264 (61.0%) |
| 12+ years old | 934 (36.8%) | 169 (39.0%) |
| Child gender | ||
| Female | 1271 (50.0%)* | 183 (42.3%)* |
| Male | 1248 (49.1%) | 223 (51.5%) |
| Other | 19 (0.7%) | 2 (0.5%) |
| Missing | 2 (0.1%)* | 25 (5.8%)* |
| Family | ||
| Guardianship of child | ||
| Birth/adoptive parents | 812 (32.0%) | 150 (36.7%) |
| Birth/adoptive mother | 591 (23.3%) | 113 (26.1%) |
| Birth/adoptive father | 101 (4.0%) | 20 (4.6%) |
| Shared custody | 425 (16.7%)* | 45 (10.4%)* |
| Grandparents | 85 (3.3%) | 20 (4.6%) |
| Children’s Aid Society | 30 (1.2%) | 6 (1.4%) |
| Other | 25 (1.0%) | 6 (1.4%) |
| Missing | 471 (18.5%) | 64 (14.8%) |
| Neighborhood poverty | ||
| Low poverty | 1789 (70.4%)* | 259 (59.8%)* |
| High poverty | 733 (28.9%)* | 161 (37.2%)* |
| Missing | 18 (0.7%)* | 13 (3.0%)* |
| Service use | ||
| Presenting concern a | ||
| Externalizing | 806 (31.7%) | 171 (39.5%) |
| Internalizing | 1292 (50.9%)* | 236 (54.5%)* |
| Parenting and family | 639 (25.2%)* | 57 (13.2%)* |
| Other | 500 (19.7%)* | 236 (54.5%)* |
| Missing | 717 (28.2%)* | 51 (11.8%)* |
| Number of presenting concerns | ||
| 1 | 786 (30.9%) | 161 (37.2%) |
| 2 | 725 (28.5%) | 136 (31.4%) |
| 3 | 247 (9.7%)* | 73 (16.9%)* |
| 4 | 65 (2.6%) | 12 (2.8%) |
| Missing | 717 (28.2%)* | 51 (11.8%)* |
| Disposition at discharge | ||
| No referral within the agency | 1517 (59.7%) | N/A |
| Referral within the agency | 961 (37.8%) | N/A |
| Missing | 62 (2.4%) | N/A |
Descriptive statistics between the two agencies were compared using chi-square tests and z pairwise tests (if chi-square tests was significant to determine which proportion was different).
MHWC: mental health walk-in clinic.
a
Clinicians could code multiple presenting concerns for a visit.
*
p < .05