Determinants of continuing mental health service use among older persons diagnosed with depressive disorders in general hospitals: latent class analysis and GEE

Table 3 The hospital-level and participant characteristics categorized by mental heal service use

	Mental health service use				Total (424)
	Not continue (n = 195; 46%)		Continue (n = 229; 54%)		Total (424)
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Hospital level
University hospital	47	24.2	90	39.3	137	32.3
Advanced and standard hospital	74	37.9	73	31.9	147	34.7
Community hospital	74	37.9	66	28.8	140	33.0
Sex
Male	60	30.8	73	31.9	133	31.4
Female	135	69.2	156	68.1	291	68.6
Age groups
60–69 years	115	59.0	137	59.8	252	59.4
70–79 years	59	30.3	70	30.6	129	30.4
≥ 80 years	21	10.8	22	9.6	43	10.1
Marital status
Other	89	45.6	111	48.5	200	47.2
Married	106	54.4	118	51.5	224	52.8
Perceived income
Insufficient	106	54.4	102	44.5	208	49.1
Sufficiency	89	45.6	127	55.5	216	50.9
Severity of depression
Mild depression	46	23.6	43	18.8	89	21.0
Moderate depression	39	20.0	61	26.6	100	23.6
Severe depression	68	34.9	79	34.5	147	34.7
F32.9/NOS	42	21.5	46	20.1	88	20.7

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