Table 3.
Health care utilization during the previous three months among the groups
| 1. Widowed lone mothers (N = 100) | 2. Non-bereaved married mothers (N = 71) | 3. Bereaved married mothers (N = 35) |
Comparison between groups |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X2or F-value | p-value | ||||
|
Health care use |
|
|
|
|
|
| Utilized any health care services N (%) |
64 (64.0) |
38 (53.5) |
18 (51.4) |
2.68 |
0.26 |
|
Primary health care |
|
|
|
|
|
| Utilized primary health care services N (%) |
52 (52.0) |
30 (42.3) |
13 (37.1) |
2.95 |
0.23 |
| Number of contacts M (SD) |
5.19 (4.73) |
4.13 (4.00) |
3.69 (2.53) |
0.96 |
0.39 |
| Duration M (SD) |
2.84 (1.22) |
2.47 (1.11) |
2.31 (1.25) |
1.47 |
0.24 |
|
Specialist health care |
|
|
|
|
|
| Utilized specialist care services N (%) |
27 (27.0) |
14 (19.7) |
8 (22.9) |
1.23 |
0.54 |
| Number of contacts M (SD) |
4.33 (3.25) |
3.09 (3.27) |
3.13 (1.89) |
0.85 |
0.43 |
| Duration M (SD) |
2.71 (1.37) |
3.18 (1.17) |
1.75 (0.89) |
3.18 |
0.06 |
| Utilized physical health care services N (%) |
24 (24.0) |
11 (15.5) |
8 (22.9) |
1.92 |
0.38 |
| Utilized mental health care services N (%) |
3 (3.0) |
3 (4.2) |
0 (0) |
1.49 |
0.48 |
| Hospital | 4 (4.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.9) | 2.83 | 0.24 |