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Table 2 Predictive typology of subjective quality of life among participants with severe mental disorders: A longitudinal two-step cluster analysis

From: Predictive typology of subjective quality of life among participants with severe mental disorders after a five-year follow-up: a longitudinal two-step cluster analysis

  

Classes

  

1

2

3

4

Combined

  

n = 49 (24.0)

n = 45 (22.1)

n = 48 (23.5)

n = 62 (30.4)

n = 204 (100)

Age categories at T0 [n(%)]

<40 yr.

6 (14.0)

14 (32.6)

10 (23.3)

13 (30.2)

43 (100.0)

40–49 yr.

12 (18.2)

19 (28.8)

26 (39.4)

9 (13.6)

66 (100.0)

50 yr. and over

31 (32.6)

12 (12.6)

12 (12.6)

40 (42.1)

95 (100.0)

Gender at T0 [n(%)]

Females

33 (33.7)

29 (29.6)

15 (15.3)

21 (21.4)

98 (100.0)

Males

16 (15.1)

16 (15.1)

33 (31.1)

41 (38.7)

106 (100.0)

Education at T0 [n(%)]

Secondary school or less

11 (8.9)

33 (26.8)

17 (13.8)

62 (50.4)

123 (100.0)

College or over

38 (46.9)

12 (14.8)

31 (38.3)

0 (0.0)

81 (100.0)

Sources of income at T0 [n(%)]

Welfare

12 (9.3)

25 (19.4)

38 (29.5)

54 (41.9)

129 (100.0)

Other

37 (49.3)

20 (26.7)

10 (13.3)

8 (10.7)

75 (100.0)

Civil status at T0 [n(%)]

Non-single

19 (63.3)

7 (23.3)

4 (13.3)

0 (0.0)

30 (100.0)

Single

30 (17.2)

38 (21.8)

44 (25.3)

62 (35.6)

174 (100.0)

Housing status at T0 [n(%)]

Independent apartment

34 (28.1)

45 (37.2)

28 (23.1)

14 (11.6)

121 (100.0)

Supervised apartments or other types of supervised housing

15 (18.1)

0 (0.0)

20 (24.1)

48 (57.8)

83 (100.0)

Mental disorders at T0

First diagnosis (Severe mental disorders)

Mood disorders [n(%)]

42 (48.8)

28 (32.6)

5 (5.8)

11 (12.8)

86 (100.0)

Psychotic disordersa [n(%)]

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

48 (48)

52 (52.0)

100 (100.0)

Second diagnosis

     

Anxiety disorders [n(%)]

13 (52.0)

6 (24.0)

3 (12)

3 (12.0)

25 (100.0)

Personality disorders [n(%)]

5 (8.6)

32 (55.2)

3 (5.2)

18 (31.0)

58 (100.0)

Addictionb [mean (SD)]

6.7 (5.1)

10.9 (11.0)

8.9 (6.7)

7.7 (5.4)

8.5 (7.3)

Severity of needsc at T0 [mean (SD)]

 

40.7 (29.4)

61.4 (35.0)

43.2 (26.2)

32.1 (20.9)

43.3 (29.5)

Help from servicesc at T0 [mean (SD)]

 

29.1 (18.0)

33 (19.7)

37 (18)

40.3 (25.6)

35.2 (21.3)

ACSS-MHd score at T0 [mean (SD)]

 

116.2 (19.2)

123.4 (10.4)

124 (11.1)

124.4 (9.3)

122.1 (13.3)

Subjective quality of life (SLDS) score at T2 [mean (SD)]

99.1 (18.9)

89.9 (20.0)

97.9 (14.6)

106.7 (16.2)

99.1 (18.3)

  1. aPsychotic disorders = schizophrenia + schizophrenia spectrum + delusion; bAddiction = AUDIT + DAST-20; c: Montreal Assessment of Needs Questionnaire (MANQ) score; d = Alberta Continuity of Services Scale for Mental Health
  2. Class 1: “Highly functional older females having mood and anxiety disorders receiving little help from services and with little continuity of access to services but with a mean SQOL”
  3. Class 2: "Young females with serious needs and co-occurring mental and addiction disorders living in independent apartments and with a very low SQOL”
  4. Class 3: “Middle-aged males, well-educated, but poor and single with psychotic disorders and a mean SQOL”
  5. Class 4: “Older, poorly educated single males living in supervised apartments or in other types of supervised housing, with psychotic disorders but few serious needs, receiving a large amount of help from services and with a very high SQOL”
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