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Table 1 Mean change in GAF scores per year since first CNCM measurement

From: Systematic monitoring of needs for care and global outcomes in patients with severe mental illness

    

years since baseline as a categorical variable

years since baseline linear

 

years since 1st assessment

n

Mean GAF (sd)

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

GAF impairment

0 (ref)

718

50.5 (14.8)

0

   
 

1

153

55.4 (14.6)

3.73**

1.66; 5.80

  
 

2

73

54.3 (16.5)

1.30

-1.54; 4.16

0.69**

0.17-1.22

 

3

67

57.0 (15.4)

4.85**

1.87; 7.85

  
 

4-5 year

93

54.5 (16.5)

3.04*

0.11; 5.97

  
 

6-9 year

74

50.2 (16.3)

1.92

-1.80; 5.64

  

GAF psychopathology

0 (ref)

722

53.5 (16.0)

0

   
 

1

157

58.8 (15.4)

3.67**

1.45; 5.88

  
 

2

73

58.3 (18.0)

1.54

-1.54; 4.62

0.24

-0.32;0.81

 

3

68

58.7 (16.1)

3.59

0.36; 6.81

  
 

4-5 year

96

54.8 (17.6)

0.57

-2.55; 3.69

  
 

6-9 year

79

50.4 (18.0)

0.92

-4.63; 3.29

  
  1. 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; only baseline and yearly evaluation assessments were included.
  2. * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01