Table 4 Inpatient admissions from home: Formal and informal support prior to admission
|  |  | Organic/mixed diagnosis | Functional diagnosis | p-value of χ2 test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimension | Categories | % | (n) | % | (n) | Â |
Informal care | None | 29.6 | (16) | 46.9 | (52) | 0.030 |
1-7 hours per week | 13.0 | (7) | 17.1 | (19) | ||
8-20 hours per week | 16.7 | (9) | 16.2 | (18) | ||
21+ hours per week | 40.7 | (22) | 19.8 | (22) | ||
Main informal carera | Spouse | 65 | (26) | 49.2 | (30) | 0.244 |
Child (including children-in-law) | 30 | (12) | 39.3 | (24) | ||
Other | 5 | (2) | 11.5 | (7) | ||
Lives with main informal carera | Yes | 74.4 | (29) | 59.3 | (35) | 0.126 |
No | 25.6 | (10) | 40.7 | (24) | ||
Nature of informal supporta | Personal and/or physical | 60.7 | (17) | 30.4 | (17) | 0.008 |
Other practical help | 39.3 | (11) | 69.6 | (39) | ||
Formal social supportb | None or very minor | 53.9 | (21) | 76.8 | (76) | 0.017 |
Intermittent | 12.8 | (5) | 10.1 | (10) | ||
Limited care package | 18.0 | (7) | 10.1 | (10) | ||
Intensive care package | 15.4 | (6) | 3.0 | (3) | ||
CMHT input | Yes | 79.0 | (45) | 68.7 | (79) | 0.158 |
No | 21.1 | (12) | 31.3 | (36) | ||
Recent mental health admission | Yes | 20.4 | (11) | 18.2 | (20) | 0.737 |
No | 79.6 | (43) | 81.8 | (90) | ||