From: Profiles of quality of life among patients using emergency departments for mental health reasons
 | Profile 1* | Profile 2* | Profile 3* | Profile 4* |
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Group size: N (%) | 74 (24.75%) | 35 (11.71%) | 114 (38.13%) | 76 (25.42%) |
 | % | % | % | % |
Service use characteristics (measured within the past 12 months before interviews, or other as specified) | ||||
Very good to excellent knowledge of mental health (MH) services (including addiction services, 3+/4) | 45.954 | 45.714 | 53.51 | 65.791,2 |
Frequent outpatient MH service use (30+) a | 45.953 | 45.71 | 60.531,4 | 44.743 |
Frequent emergency department (ED) use (4+) for MH reasons | 51.353 | 62.86 | 70.181,4 | 55.263 |
Recurrent frequent ED use (8+) (measured in the past 13–36 months) for MH reasons | 39.19 | 25.713 | 49.122,4 | 30.263 |
Hospitalization for MH reasons | 59.46 | 54.29 | 60.52 | 47.37 |
Adequacy of care (4–5/5) b | 59.46 | 71.43 | 56.144 | 71.053 |
 | Mean (SD.) | Mean (SD.) | Mean (SD.) | Mean (SD.) |
Satisfaction with overall service use c | 3.92 (0.79)4 | 3.95 (0.85)4 | 3.80 (0.76)4 | 4.27 (0.59)1,2,3 |