Table 1 Profile description of 382 patients accessing JMHSS service (total 551 episodes) between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2016
Characteristics | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Demographic factors | ||
Age (in years) $ | Mean 37.5 | SD 12.3 |
Gender | ||
Male | 148 | 38.7 |
Female | 233 | 61.0 |
Not known | 1 | 0.3 |
Indigenous status | ||
Yes | 10 | 2.6 |
No | 313 | 81.9 |
Missing | 59 | 15.4 |
Social economic disadvantage | ||
More disadvantaged | 81 | 21.2 |
Less disadvantaged | 298 | 78.0 |
Not known | 3 | 0.8 |
Country of birth | ||
Australia | 214 | 56.0 |
United Kingdom / New Zealand | 48 | 12.6 |
Other European countries | 4 | 1.0 |
Other countries | 10 | 2.6 |
Missing | 106 | 27.7 |
Living arrangement | ||
Lives alone | 53 | 13.9 |
Lives with family | 180 | 47.1 |
Lives with others | 36 | 9.4 |
Not stated / Missing | 113 | 29.6 |
Has dependent child | ||
Yes, lives with consumer | 38 | 9.9 |
Yes, lives elsewhere | 43 | 11.3 |
No | 190 | 49.7 |
Not stated / Missing | 111 | 29.1 |
Employment | ||
Not in the labour force | 243 | 63.6 |
Unemployed | 6 | 1.6 |
Employed | 27 | 7.1 |
Not stated / Missing | 106 | 27.7 |
Systemic factor | ||
Referral type | ||
Step Up | 224 | 58.6 |
Step Down | 142 | 37.2 |
Missing | 16 | 4.2 |
Clinical factors | ||
# episodes | ||
1 | 279 | 73.0 |
2 | 65 | 17.0 |
3 | 21 | 5.5 |
4 or more (up to 7) | 17 | 4.5 |
Length of stay (in days) $ § | Mean 24.8 | SD 9.1 |
(based on episode, not patient) | ||
Primary diagnosis | ||
Schizophrenia | 51 | 13.4 |
Schizo-affective disorder | 17 | 4.5 |
Bipolar disorder | 51 | 13.4 |
Personality disorder | 67 | 17.5 |
Depression | 130 | 34.0 |
Anxiety | 17 | 4.5 |
Post-natal depression | 1 | 0.3 |
Eating disorder | 2 | 0.5 |
Other psychiatric disorder | 22 | 5.8 |
Not known/ Missing | 24 | 6.3 |