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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Clinical outcomes and costs for people with complex psychosis; a naturalistic prospective cohort study of mental health rehabilitation service users in England

 

N = 362

 

n or mean

% or (SD)

Socio demographics and diagnosis

  

 Male

235

65

 Age

39

(13)

 White

324

90

 Schizophrenia

238

68

 Schizoaffective disorder

36

10

 Bipolar disorder

26

7

 Other

49

14

Contact with mental health services

  

 Time since first contact (years) median (IQR)

12

(6, 20)

 Previous admissions median (IQR)

4

(2, 7)

 Previous involuntary admissions median (IQR)

2

(0, 4)

 Length of current admission (months) median (IQR)

18

(9, 38)

 Length of current admission in rehabilitation unit (months) median (IQR)

7

(3, 15)

 Current admission involuntary

250

71

 Currently detained involuntary

174

49

 Previous admission to special hospital (ever)

9

3

 Previous admission medium secure unit (ever)

30

9

 Previous admission low secure unit (ever)

70

20

 Currently detained on forensic section

32

9

  Of whom - Section 37

18

56

  Of whom - Section 37/41

14

44

Risk history

  

 Assault on others more than 2 years ago

96

28

 Assault on others within the last 2 years

68

20

 Serious assault more than 2 years ago

20 (4 homicides)

5

 Serious assault in last 2 years

4

1

 Sexual offence more than 2 years ago

17

5

 Sexual offence in the last 2 years

3

1

 History of fire setting more than 2 years ago

15

4

 History of fire setting in the last 2 years

10

3

 Overdose or self-harm more than 2 years ago

83

24

 Overdose or self-harm in the last 2 years

58

17

 Recurrent self-harm in the last 2 years

21

6

 Self-neglect in the last 2 years

220

65

Function

  

 Mean Global Assessment of Functioning rating

53

(8)

 Mean Life Skills Profile rating

128

(15)

 Mean Time Use Diary (activity) rating

49

(11)

Challenging behaviours

  

 Special Problems Rating Scale median (IQR)

0

(0, 2)

 Problematic alcohol use

24

7

 Problematic substance misuse

15

4

  1. mean used when data Normally distributed, median when skewed