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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for patient sample by housing setting

From: Is the level of institutionalisation found in psychiatric housing services associated with the severity of illness and the functional impairment of the patients? A patient record analysis

 

Total (N = 250)

(1) Private household without welfare support (N = 50)

(2) Private household with welfare support (N = 41)

(3) Foster families for adults (N = 23)

(4) Staffed apartments (N = 45)

(5) Intensively staffed group homes (N = 10)

(6) Psychiatric nursing homes (N = 81)

Tests (Pearson Chi2 or ANOVA with Scheffé test))

Gender: female n (%)

84 (34 %)

17 (34 %)

15 (37 %)

10 (43 %)

16 (36 %)

3 (30 %)

23 (28 %)

Chi2 (5) = 2.29

p = 0.807

Age M (SD)

53.7 (13.1)

51.7 (10.5)

49.4 (11.6)

61.9 (14.8)

48.7 (14.2)

51.5 (6.4)

57.8 (12.7)

F = 6.49

p < 0.001

3 > 2,4; 4 < 6

Living situation: living alone n (%)

236 (94.4 %)

42 (84 %)

39 (95 %)

23 (100 %)

43 (95 %)

10 (100 %)

79 (97.5)

Chi2 (5) = 13.84

p = 0.017

Diagnosis of Schizophrenia n (%)

158 (63 %)

27 (54 %)

25 (61 %)

14 (61 %)

37 (82 %)

9 (90 %)

43 (57 %)

Chi2 (5) = 13.5

p = 0.019

GAF M (SD)

31.62 (8.47)

31.1 (6.84)

30.5 (8.98)

30.4 (5.71)

29.29 (7.68)

28.2 (3.05)

34.57 (9.86)

F = 3.41

p = 0.005

4 < 6

CGI M (SD)

7.06 (0.79)

7.18 (0.56)

6.9 (0.89)

6.74 (0.69)

7.16 (0.56)

7.1 (0.32)

7.09 (0.99)

F = 1.31

p = 0.260

Average number of hospitalisations during index year; M (SD)

0.4 (1.16)

0.24 (0.55)

0.34 (0.76)

0.22 (0.67)

0.53 (1.9)

0.6 (1.08)

0.47 (1.21)

F = 0.55

p = 0.737

Cumulative LOS during index year; M (SD)

9.88 (35.1)

9.3 (30.6)

10.4 (40.6)

14.8 (53.6)

12.7 (46.3)

6.8 (16.2)

7.37 (20.56)

F = 0.25

p = 0.940

Current legal guardianship n (%)

189 (76 %)

18 (36 %)

35 (85 %)

19 (83 %)

33 (73 %)

9 (90 %)

75 (93 %)

Chi2 (5) = 59.17

p < 0.001

Confirmed suicide attempt during lifetime n (%)

120 (48 %)

30 (60 %)

18 (44 %)

4 (17 %)

24 (53 %)

6 (60 %)

38 (47 %)

Chi (5) = 12.92

p = 0.024

  1. Descriptive statistics: For continuous variables: M (mean), SD (standard deviation); for categorical variables: sample size (percentages)
  2. Tests: Pearson Chi-square for categorical variables; ANOVA (Scheffé including Bartlett’s correction) for continuous variables. Chi2 () = Value on Chi2-distribution for given degrees of freedom (); F = value on F-distribution for variances; p = level of significance
  3. Dichotomous variables: gender: women = 0; men = 1; living situation: 0 = single; 1 = living in couple; diagnosis: 1 = schizophrenia; 0 = any other diagnosis according to ICD-10; Current legal guardianship: 0 = no guardianship; 1 = underlying a guardianship; Certain suicide attempt lifetime: 0 = not or not certain; 1 = certain at least one suicide attempt during lifetime
  4. Abbreviations: GAF Global Assessment of Functioning, CGI Clinical Global Impression, LOS Length of in-patient stay
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BMC Psychiatry

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