Table 4. Need Factors.
| Participants | 2+ Visits | 3+ Visits | 4+ Visits | 5+ Visits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1443) | (n = 1019) | (n = 697) | (n = 366) | (n = 216) | ||||||
| Seriousness, mean (SD) | 7.1 | (2.6) | 7.3 | (2.3)** | 7.4 | (2.2) | 7.6 | (2.1)** | 7.5 | (2.2) |
| Seriousness, no. (%) | ||||||||||
| Very Serious | 910 | (63.4) | 692 | (68.2)*** | 436 | (69.8)*** | 271 | (74.0)*** | 158 | (73.1)*** |
| Somewhat serious | 390 | (27.2) | 240 | (23.6) | 162 | (23.3) | 76 | (20.8) | 42 | (19.4) |
| Not serious at all | 136 | (9.5) | 83 | (8.2) | 48 | (6.9) | 19 | (5.2) | 16 | (7.4) |
| Last visit same, no. (%) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 356 | (25.2) | 306 | (30.1)*** | 242 | (34.9)*** | 147 | (40.3)*** | 90 | (41.7)*** |
| No | 1055 | (74.8) | 709 | (69.9) | 452 | (65.1) | 218 | (59.7) | 126 | (58.3) |
| Times admitted, no. (%) | ||||||||||
| None | 1152 | (79.8) | 754 | (74.0)*** | 485 | (69.6)*** | 229 | (62.6)*** | 127 | (58.8)*** |
| 1 time | 200 | (13.9) | 200 | (19.6) | 147 | (21.1) | 80 | (21.9) | 46 | (21.3) |
| 2 times | 31 | (2.1) | 31 | (3.0) | 31 | (4.4) | 23 | (6.3) | 16 | (7.4) |
| 3 or more times | 34 | (2.4) | 34 | (3.0) | 34 | (4.9) | 34 | (9.3) | 27 | (12.5) |
Note. Description of above variables presented in text.
Sig.:
**P = .01
***P = .001