Table 2.
Characteristics of the use of mental health services based on the RAMQ
| Agreement CCHS-RAMQ (n = 157 )a |
Disagreement CCHS-RAMQ (n = 481 )a |
Total sample (n = 637 )a |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of mental health services | |||
| Mean | 8.61 ± 11.73 | 2.67 ± 3.92 | 4.12 ± 7.19 |
| 1 | 32 (20.4%) | 215 (44.7%) | 247 (38.7%) |
| 2 | 21 (13.4%) | 117 (24.3%) | 138 (21.6%) |
| 3 and more | 104 (66.2%) | 149 (31.0%) | 253 (39.7%) |
| Number of criteria satisfied | |||
| 1 | 44 (28.2%) | 277 (57.6%) | 321 (50.4%) |
| 2 | 75 (48.1%) | 184 (38.3%) | 259 (40.7%) |
| 3 | 37 (23.7%) | 20 (4.2%) | 57 (8.9%) |
| Type of criterion satisfiedb | |||
| Specialty: psychiatry | 40 (25.5%) | 23 (4.8%) | 63 (9.9%) |
| Psychiatric act | 129 (82.2%) | 352 (73.2%) | 481 (75.5%) |
| Psychiatric diagnostic | 139 (85.51%) | 351 (73.0%) | 490 (76.9%) |
| Medical specialty of physicianb | |||
| General practitioner | 137 (87.3%) | 466 (96.9%) | 603 (94.7%) |
| Psychiatrist | 40 (25.5%) | 23 (4.8%) | 63 (9.9%) |
| Type of psychiatric actb | |||
| Consultation | 23 (14.6%) | 17 (3.5%) | 40 (6.3%) |
| Complete exam | 48 (30.8%) | 36 (7.5%) | 84 (13.2%) |
| Psychiatric treatment | 119 (75.8%) | 334 (69.4%) | 453 (71.0%) |
| Interval between most recent mental health service and survey interview | |||
| 1-3 months | 92 (59.4%) | 144 (29.9%) | 236 (37.1%) |
| 3-6 months | 39 (25.2%) | 150 (31.2%) | 189 (29.7%) |
| 6-9 months | 13 (8.4%) | 100 (20.8%) | 113 (17.8%) |
| 9-12 months | 11 (7.1%) | 87 (18.1%) | 98 (15.4%) |
a Un-weighted number of respondents. The other numbers in the Table are weighted.
b The percentages for type of criteria, medical specialty of physician and type of psychiatric act are not additive since an individual can have satisfied different criteria, meet different physicians and had different act in different medical visits.