Table 1.
Patient demographics by community mental health team
| CMHT-1 n = 117 | CMHT-2 n = 120 | CMHT-3 n = 119 | Total n = 356 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age ± s.d. (range), yearsa | 47 ± 13.0 (18–71) | 44 ± 12.3 (18–68) | 48 ± 11.4 (18–68) | 46 ± 12.3 (18–71) | |
| Female (%) | 66 (56) | 53 (44) | 61 (51) | 180 (50) | χ2 P = 0.166 |
| Deprivation (%) | |||||
| SIMD quintile 1 (least deprived) | 8 (7) | 9 (8) | 0 (0) | 17 (5) | |
| SIMD quintile 2 | 19 (16) | 16 (13) | 5 (4) | 40 (11) | |
| SIMD quintiles 3 and 4b | 53 (45) | 34 (28) | 11 (10) | 98 (27) | |
| SIMD quintile 5 (most deprived) | 37 (32) | 60 (50) | 103 (86) | 200 (56) | χ2 P < 0.001 |
| Primary psychiatric diagnosis (%) | |||||
| Mood (affective) disorders (F30–39) | 37 (32) | 34 (28) | 49 (41) | 120 (34) | |
| Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20–29) | 34 (29) | 38 (32) | 34 (29) | 106 (30) | |
| Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (F40–48) | 28 (24) | 13 (11) | 11 (9) | 52 (15) | |
| Disorders of adult personality and behaviour (F60–69) | 5 (4) | 14 (12) | 12 (10) | 31 (9) | |
| Other diagnosis and diagnosis under review | 13 (11) | 21 (18) | 13 (11) | 47 (13) | χ2 P = 0.013 |
| Number of psychiatric morbidities identified per patient | |||||
| 1 | 93 (80) | 101 (84) | 84 (71) | 278 (78) | |
| ≥2 | 24 (20) | 19 (16) | 35 (29) | 78 (22) | χ2 P = 0.036 |
| Number of non-psychiatric conditions being treatedc | |||||
| 0 | 35 (30) | 51 (43) | 24 (20) | 110 (31) | |
| 1 | 18 (15) | 20 (17) | 27 (23) | 65 (18) | |
| 2 | 21 (18) | 12 (10) | 25 (21) | 58 (16) | |
| 3 | 20 (17) | 13 (11) | 17 (14) | 50 (14) | |
| 4 | 8 (7) | 8 (7) | 9 (8) | 25 (7) | |
| 5 | 5 (4) | 6 (5) | 8 (7) | 19 (5) | |
| ≥6 | 10 (8) | 10 (8) | 9 (8) | 29 (8) | χ2 P = 0.090 |
| Number of prescribed medicines, median (range) | |||||
| Psychotropics | 2 (0–6) | 2 (0–8) | 2 (0–6) | 2 (0–8) | P = 0.266d |
| Non-mental health | 2 (0–22) | 1 (0–17) | 3 (0–20) | 2 (0–22) | |
| Total prescribed medicines per patient | 5 (0–25) | 3 (0–19) | 5 (0–22) | 5 (0–25) |
CMHT, community mental health team; s.d., standard deviation; SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.
a.
Student's t-test: CMHT-2 had marginally significantly younger patients than CMHT-1 (P = 0.04) and CMHT-3 (P = 0.015); no significant age difference between CMHT-1 and CMHT-3.
b.
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 3 and 4 were aggregated owing to small cell size. All cells add up to 355 as one patient's postcode was not available.
c.
Non-mental health conditions commonly treated for all patients: 30% pain, 19% primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, 15% asthma, 7% type 2 diabetes mellitus.
d.
Mann–Whitney U-test.