Table 3: Comparison of the therapeutic approach with the social, economic and care characteristics used in the Centers of Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents.
| Therapeutic approach | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug treatment | Non-drug treatment | Combined treatment | Total | p-value | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Sex (n=292) | |||||||||
| Male | 91 | 70 | 27 | 79.4 | 99 | 77.3 | 217 | 74.3 | 0.107 |
| Female | 39 | 30 | 7 | 20.6 | 29 | 22.7 | 75 | 25.7 | |
| Age (years) (n=292) | |||||||||
| 3-7 | 47 | 36.2 | 19 | 55.8 | 54 | 42.2 | 120 | 41.1 | 0.107 |
| 8-12 | 83 | 63.8 | 15 | 42.2 | 74 | 57.8 | 172 | 58.9 | |
| Social benefit (n= 292) | |||||||||
| No | 40 | 31.1 | 15 | 44.1 | 51 | 40.2 | 106 | 36.6 | 0.189 |
| Yes | 89 | 68.9 | 19 | 55.9 | 76 | 59.8 | 184 | 63.4 | |
| Caretaker’s age (years) (n=290) | |||||||||
| 22-39 | 75 | 58.1 | 18 | 52.9 | 70 | 55.1 | 163 | 56.2 | 0.827 |
| 40-78 | 54 | 41.9 | 16 | 47.1 | 57 | 44.9 | 127 | 43.8 | |
| Caretaker’s schooling (n=289) | |||||||||
| Elementary school | 79 | 61.7 | 20 | 58.8 | 81 | 63.8 | 180 | 62,3 | 0.845 |
| High School/Higher Education | 49 | 38.3 | 14 | 41.2 | 46 | 36.2 | 109 | 37.7 | |
| Economic classification (n=290) | |||||||||
| B + C | 10 | 7.7 | 5 | 14.7 | 16 | 12.6 | 31 | 10.7 | 0.301 |
| D + E | 119 | 92.3 | 29 | 85.3 | 111 | 87.4 | 259 | 89.3 | |
| Family income (n=277) | |||||||||
| ≤ R$622,00 | 69 | 55.6 | 16 | 51.6 | 77 | 45.0 | 162 | 54.9 | 0.346 |
| R$622,00 | 55 | 44.4 | 15 | 48.4 | 63 | 36.9 | 133 | 45.1 | |
| Type of household (n=290) | |||||||||
| House | 123 | 95.3 | 32 | 94.1 | 118 | 92.9 | 273 | 94.1 | 0.681 |
| Others | 6 | 4.7 | 2 | 5.9 | 9 | 7.1 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Number of residents (n=290) | |||||||||
| 1-4 | 80 | 62.1 | 20 | 58.8 | 83 | 65.3 | 183 | 63.1 | 0.734 |
| 5-12 | 49 | 37.9 | 14 | 41.2 | 44 | 34.7 | 107 | 36.9 | |
| Housing situation (n=290) | |||||||||
| Own house | 74 | 57.4 | 28 | 82.3 | 75 | 59.1 | 177 | 61.0 | 0.021 |
| Others | 55 | 42.6 | 6 | 17.7 | 52 | 40.9 | 113 | 39.0 | |