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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Q. 2012 Mar;83(1):41–51. doi: 10.1007/s11126-011-9181-3

Table 3.

Frequency distribution of variables associated with primary care, specialized healthcare and joint primary and specialized care utilization

Primary care 57 (26.9%) Specialized healthcare 44 (21.0%) Both primary and specialized care 111 (52.1%) Total 212 (100.0)
Predisposing factors
Gender [n (%)]
 Males 18 31.3 23 52.6 37 33.3 78 36.8
 Females 39 68.7 21 47.4 74 66.7 134 63.2
Age [Mean (SD)] 39.3 11.9 42.2 14.0 41.2 12.5 40.9 12.6
Post-secondary education [n (%)] 32 56.2 19 42.8 65 58.6 116 54.7
Enabling factors
Social support score [Mean (SD)] 80.2 9.7 69.4 10.8 76.4 11.8 76.1 11.6
Global quality of life score [Mean (SD)]99.2 18.5 90.6 15.7 91.6 20.4 93.4 19.2
Household size [Mean (SD)] 2.2 1.3 1.9 1.4 2.1 1.2 2.1 1.3
Proportion of recent immigrants in the neighborhood (<1 year) [Mean (SD)] 14.2 7.3 15.8 7.3 12.9 7.1 13.9 7.2
Needs-related factors
Total number of mental disorders per person [Mean (SD)] 1.38 0.773 1.41 0.722 1.61 0.924 1.51 0.849
Lifelong victims of violence 34 59.6 26 57.7 73 66.3 133 62.7
Lifelong aggressive behavior [n (%)] 26 45.5 29 66.2 61 55.4 117 55.0
Psychological distress [Mean (SD)] 15.2 8.1 16.3 6.5 16.8 7.8 16.3 7.7
Types of mental health disorders in the 12 months before interview
 Major Depressive Episodes 35 61.6 22 48.6 72 65.2 129 60.8
  Alcohol Dependence 8 14.4 13 30.2 21 19.3 43 20.3
  Drug Dependence 6 10.4 9 19.9 20 17.7 34 16.2
 Anxiety disorders 18 32.3 13 28.7 36 32.7 67 31.7
  Social phobia 12 21.4 9 19.3 20 18.0 41 19.2
  Panic disorder 7 12.2 2 4.3 13 11.9 22 10.4
  Agoraphobia 5 8.7 4 9.3 10 9.3 19 9.1
 Mania 4 6.7 2 5.2 17 15.5 23 11.0
 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2 3.0 2 4.6 4 3.8 8 3.8