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Table 3 Cluster analysis of patients with mental disorders (N = 352; eliminated: 3 = 0.9%)

From: Typology of persons with severe mental disorders

 

Class 1 (N = 55; 15.8%)

Class 2 (N = 65; 18.6%)

Class 3 (N = 76; 21.8%)

Class 4 (N = 70; 20.1%)

Class 5 (N = 83; 23.8%)

Combined (N = 349; 100.0%)

Need seriousness [Mean (SD)]

46.5

34.0

59.8

35.4

63.1

34.0

43.4

26.8

43.0

30.7

51.1

33.2

Adequacy of help [Mean (SD)]

6.0

2.6

5.7

2.3

5.6

2.3

6.2

2.3

7.2

2.6

6.2

2.5

Amount of help from services [Mean (SD)]

29.2

18.8

30.1

16.3

32.9

23.6

31.7

20.7

43.8

27.6

34.1

22.8

Amount if help from relatives [Mean (SD)]

27.6

19.2

21.2

19.2

28.4

31.1

25.8

25.4

13.5

18.8

22.9

24.0

Audit score [Mean (SD)]

4.1

4.7

7.4

7.4

5.6

8.1

6.5

5.8

5.9

5.6

6.0

6.5

MCAS score [Mean (SD)]

69.0

8.3

66.8

8.2

65.7

8.6

66.4

9.3

59.9

11.1

65.2

9.7

Age categories [n(%)]

<30 years old

5

13.5

4

10.8

7

18.9

10

27.0

11

29.7

37

100.0

 

30-39 years old

7

13.7

12

23.5

12

23.5

13

25.5

7

13.7

51

100.0

 

40-49 years old

11

10.9

25

24.8

22

21.8

20

19.8

23

22.8

101

100.0

 

50-59 years old

20

16.7

16

13.3

27

22.5

26

21.7

31

25.8

120

100.0

 

>59 years old

12

30.0

8

20.0

8

20.0

1

2.5

11

27.5

40

100.0

Gender [n(%)]

Women

55

33.3

0

0.0

68

41.2

12

7.3

30

18.2

165

100.0

Men

0

0.0

65

35.3

8

4.3

58

31.5

53

28.8

184

100.0

Education [n(%)]

Secondary school or -

25

11.0

41

18.1

48

21.2

31

13.7

82

36.1

227

100.0

College/University

30

24.6

24

19.7

28

23.0

39

32.0

1

0.8

122

100.0

Type of housing [n(%)]

Autonomous

39

18.4

45

21.2

71

33.5

57

26.9

0

0.0

212

100.0

Supervised

16

11.7

20

14.6

5

3.6

13

9.5

83

60.6

137

100.0

Schizophrenia [n(%)]

2

1.5

3

2.3

0

0.0

60

45.1

68

51.5

133

100.0

Personality disorders

1

1.0

18

18.6

52

53.6

10

10.3

16

16.5

97

100.0

History of prior suicide attempt [n(%)]

0

0.0

21

18.8

49

43.8

19

17.0

23

20.5

112

100.0

Mood disorders

42

29.8

51

36.2

47

33.3

1

0.7

0

0.0

141

100.0

Anxiety disorders

8

19.5

21

51.2

7

17.1

3

7.3

2

4.9

41

100.0

Labels

Highly functional older women with mood disorders, receiving little help from services

Middle-aged men with diverse mental disorders and alcohol abuse, and receiving insufficient and inadequate help

Middle-aged women with serious needs, mood and personality disorders, and suicidal tendencies, living in autonomous apartments, and receiving ample but inadequate help

Highly educated younger men with schizophrenia, living in autonomous apartments, receiving adequate help

Older poorly educated men with schizophrenia, living in supervised apartments with ample help perceived as adequate

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