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Table 4 Illness and social variables on admission and discharge status

From: The prediction of discharge from in-patient psychiatric rehabilitation: a case-control study

 

Outcome status

 

Discharged

Non-discharged

Variable

(n = 34)

(n = 31)

Age at onset psychosis, years: mean (s.d.)

23.0 (7.6)

23.4 (7.9)

Admission during first 10y of psychosis, n

18

13

Diagnosed affective component, n

11

16

Family history

  

   Psychotic illness, n

16

10

   Other mental illness, n

17

10

   Substance dependence, n

9

6

Social factors

  

   Homelessness ever, n

11

8

   Paid employment, ever, n

22

22

   Supported accommodation, ever, n

12

15

   Educational qualifications, any, n

12

20

Early life abuse or neglect1, n

9

7

Carer's view present, n

13

12

Accommodation prior to admission2

  

   Parental home, n

11

6

   Supported accommodation, n

5

5

   Temporary accommodation, n

5

8

  1. 1. Early life abuse or neglect was recorded as present in 16 cases, absent in two cases and in all other cases presence or absence was not recorded.
  2. 2. This refers to the type of accommodation the person was resident in before admission to hospital rather than before admission to rehabilitation. Only four people were admitted directly to rehabilitation from the community.