From: Professional Service Utilisation among Patients with Severe Mental Disorders
 |  |  |  | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Predisposing factors | Â | Importance attributed to service accessibility in terms of opening hours | Very important | 33 | 23.6 |
Enabling factors | Amount of help from services for (mean, SD): | functioning needs | Â | 2.4 | 1.2 |
 |  | information and utility needs |  | 2.0 | 0.9 |
 |  | social needs |  | 1.9 | 0.9 |
 | Amount of help from relatives for: | global needs |  | 5.6 | 3.2 |
 |  | social needs |  | 1.8 | 1.09 |
 | Duration of follow-up (in years) by (mean, SD): | psychiatrist |  | 3.01 | 1.42 |
 |  | general practitioner (GP) |  | 1.78 | 2.04 |
 |  | case manager |  | 2.12 | 1.45 |
 | Satisfaction with regard to: | geographic accessibility | Very satisfied | 34 | 24.3 |
 |  | diversified service accessibility | Very satisfied | 28 | 20.0 |
 |  | waiting time to receive help | Very satisfied | 27 | 19.3 |
 | Satisfaction with ease of accessing a: | GP | Very satisfied | 22 | 15.7 |
 |  | psychiatrist | Very satisfied | 27 | 19.3 |
 |  | case manager | Very satisfied | 29 | 20.7 |
Need factors | Number of | global needs (mean, SD) | Â | 5.9 | 3.6 |
 |  | serious needs (mean, SD) |  | 1.9 | 2.1 |
 |  | health needs (mean, SD) |  | 2.0 | 1.4 |
 | Diagnoses: | Main diagnosis | Schizoaffective disorders | 59 | 42.1 |
 |  |  | Paranoid schizophrenia | 49 | 35.0 |
 |  |  | Others schizophrenic disorders | 25 | 17.9 |
 |  |  | Delusional disorders | 5 | 3.6 |
 |  |  | Bipolar disorders | 2 | 1.4 |
 |  | Second diagnosis | Personality disorders | 29 | 20.7 |
 |  |  | Bipolar disorders | 5 | 3.6 |
 |  |  | Autism | 1 | 0.7 |
 | History of suicide attempts (yes/no) |  | 42 | 30.0 | |
 | Number of suicide attempts (mean, SD) |  | 0.42 | 0.98 | |
 | History of violence (yes/no) |  | 38 | 27.0 | |
 | Psychiatric disorders in the family (yes/no) |  | 63 | 45.0 | |
Service utilisation | Patient distribution according to number of professionals frequently consulted ('frequent users') | 0 | 14 | 10.0 | |
 |  |  | 1 | 38 | 27.1 |
 |  |  | 2 | 67 | 47.9 |
 |  |  | 3 | 21 | 15.0 |