Table 2.
Socio‐demographics, mental health service usage, and clinical characteristics
| Characteristics |
Co‐produced MCC (n = 37) |
Comparison group (n = 40) |
|---|---|---|
| Socio‐demographic | ||
| Gender | χ 2 (1, 75) = 4.10, P = 0.043 | |
| Men | 26 (70.3%) | 19 (47.5%) |
| Women | 11 (29.7%) | 21 (52.5%) |
| Age F(1, 75) = 2.06, P = 0.155 | M = 42.70; SD = 9.10 | M = 45.95; SD = 11.33 |
| Education level | χ 2 (2, 75) = 15.12, P = 0.001 | |
| None (n = 2) or obligatory school | 12 (32.4%) | 30 (75.0%) |
| High School | 18 (48.6%) | 9 (22.5%) |
| Specialized‐/other (n = 2) degrees | 7 (18.9%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Income/Employment status | χ2(3, 74) = 10.43, P = 0.015 | |
| Allowance from family | 3 (8.3%) | 8 (21.1%) |
| Income from employment | 10 (27.8%) | 1 (2.6%) |
| Pension | 22 (61.1%) | 27 (71.1%) |
| No income | 1 (2.8%) | 2 (5.3%) |
| Marital status | χ 2 (2, 76) = 0.19, P = 0.906 | |
| Married (living with partner) | 7 (18.9%) | 9 (23.1%) |
| Divorced/Separated | 2 (5.4%) | 2 (5.1%) |
| Single/Widowed | 28 (75.7%) | 28 (71.8%) |
| Mental health usage characteristics | ||
|
How many years since your first contact with the mental health system? t(67) = 1.31, P = 0.194 |
M = 15.03, SD = 8.48 | M = 18.24, SD = 11.73 |
| MH service of the first contact: | χ 2 (3, 75) = 12.69, P = 0.005 | |
| Psychiatric wards | 5 (13.5%) | 15 (39.5%) |
| Day centre | 1 (2.7%) | 6 (15.8%) |
| Community mental health service | 28 (75.7%) | 15 (39.5%) |
| Other | 3 (8.1%) | 2 (5.3%) |
| How many times have you frequented the Center this year? | χ 2 (2, 77) = 4.77, P = 0.092 | |
| Less than one time per month | 1 (2.7%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| A few times per month | 2 (5.4%) | 1 (2.5%) |
| A few times per week | 5 (13.5%) | 1 (2.5%) |
| Almost every day | 29 (78.4%) | 38 (95.0%) |
|
Clinical characteristics (CORE‐OM clinical cut‐off scores; Evans et al. 2002) Practitioner cut‐off: χ 2 (1, 75) = 0.24, P = 0.624 | ||
| Non‐clinical population (1 – 9.9) | 13 (36.1%) | 12 (30.8%) |
| Clinical population (≥10) | 23 (63.9%) | 27 (69.2%) |
Boldface indicates significant over‐representations.