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Table 1 Characteristics of patients in the pilot and Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS) data

From: Development of mental health quality indicators (MHQIs) for inpatient psychiatry based on the interRAI mental health assessment

 

Pilot data

OMHRS data

Characteristics

N

%

N

%

Age categories

    

 Under 25

220

21%

4085

12%

 25-44

365

35%

14190

41%

 45-64

332

31%

11775

34%

 65+

139

13%

4725

13%

Gender (male)

540

51%

17349

50%

Marital Status

    

 Never Married

404

38%

16563

48%

 Married

253

24%

8941

26%

 Partner/significant other

56

5%

1126

3%

 Widowed

64

6%

1922

6%

 Separated

129

12%

2772

8%

 Divorced

141

13%

3464

10%

Education

    

 None

129

12%

1304

4

 8th grade or less

62

6%

2369

7

 9 – 11

181

17%

6856

20

 High school

226

21%

8360

24

 Technical/trade school

43

4%

1047

3

 Some college/university

162

15%

5975

17

 Diploma/Bachelor’s degree

105

10%

3688

11

 Graduate degree

31

3%

965

3

 Unknown

117

11%

4224

12

Involuntary admission status

296

28%

8772

25%

Patient type:

    

 Acute

764

72%

27627

79%

 Longer term

191

18%

4482

13%

 Geriatric

80

8%

1527

4%

 Forensic

21

2%

1152

3%

Provisional DSM-IV diagnoses:ˆ

    

 Dementia1

130

12%

2353

7%

 Mood disorder

570

54%

17884

51%

 Psychoses2

415

39%

13058

37%

 Substance-related disorder

225

21%

8634

25%

  1. Note: ˆ indicates that the percentage of persons with provisional psychiatric diagnoses may sum to greater than 100% as persons can have more than one diagnosis. 1Delirium, dementia, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders; 2Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.