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Table 3 Rates of perceived need and unmet need for the seven types of care from the PNCQ-9

From: Perceived need for care and stigma experiences among individuals with methamphetamine-related admissions to inpatient mental health wards

 

Information n (%)

Medication n (%)

Hospital care n (%)

Counselling n (%)

Social interventions n (%)

Skills training n (%)

Harm reduction n (%)

Perceived a need for care

31 (91.2)

31 (91.2)

30 (88.2)

31 (91.2)

27 (79.4)

23 (67.6)

15 (44.1)

Received care

22 (64.7)

28 (82.4)

30 (88.2)

12 (35.3)

20 (58.8)

5 (14.7)

12 (35.3)

Felt they received enough care

15 (48.4)

21 (67.7)

11 (36.7)

4 (12.9)

9 (33.3)

3 (13.0)

10 (67.7)

Unmet need for carea

16 (51.6)

10 (32.3)

19 (63.3)

27 (87.1)

18 (66.7)

20 (87.0)

5 (33.3)

  1. The types of care are defined in Table 1 (n = 34)
  2. Denominator for ‘perceived a need for care’ and ‘received care’ was the full sample (n = 34). Denominator for ‘felt they received enough care’ and ‘unmet need for care’ was the ‘n’ for ‘perceived a need for care’ within that treatment category
  3. aUnmet Need for Care was calculated by subtracting the number of people who felt they received enough care from the number that perceived a need for that type of care
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