Research Article
Continuing Care for Mentally Stable Psychiatric Patients in Primary Care: Patients' Preferences and Views
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population.
| Variables | Total (%) |
| Gender | | Male | 75 (52%) | Female | 70 (48%) | Age group | | ≤45 | 75 (52%) | ≥46 | 70 (48%) | Marital status | | Single/divorced/separated/widowed | 36 (25%) | Married/cohabiting | 109 (75%) | Formal educational background | | Primary | 48 (33%) | Secondary | 62 (43%) | Tertiary | 35 (24%) | Employment Status | | Employed | 45 (31%) | Unemployed/retired | 100 (69%) | Registered with a GP practice | | Yes | 136 (94%) | No | 9 (6%) | Has a medical card | | Yes | 84 (58%) | No | 61 (42%) | Has private health insurance | | Yes | 26 (18%) | No | 119 (82%) | Diagnosis patients’ have been informed they have | | by psychiatrist* | | Depressive disorder | 81 (56%) | Bipolar affective disorder | 22 (15%) | Anxiety disorder | 61 (42%) | Schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder | 16 (11%) | Alcohol dependency syndrome | 9 (6%) | Drug/polysubstance abuse | 6 (4%) | Other disorder | 16 (11%) | Not been told of diagnosis | 22 (15%) | Previous psychiatric inpatient treatment | | Yes | 83 (57%) | No | 62 (43%) | Medical comorbidity | | Yes | 41 (28%) | No | 104 (72%) |
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ome patients have been told they have more than one diagnosis (comorbid disorders).
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