Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Feasibility and efficacy of shared decision making for first-admission schizophrenia: a randomized clinical trial

Characteristic

Total (n = 22)

SDM (n = 9)

Usual care (n = 13)

Women, n (%)

7 (31.8)

3 (33.3)

4 (30.8)

Mean age at admission (SD), y

39.1 (11.7)

41.6 (13.6)

37.4 (9.8)

At least 1-year after the onset of illness, n (%)

14 (63.6)

7 (77.8)

7 (53.8)

Suicidal ideation, n (%)

 Absent

8 (36.4)

3 (33.3)

5 (38.5)

 Present

9 (40.9)

5 (55.6)

4 (30.8)

 Unknown

5 (22.7)

1 (11.1)

4 (30.8)

Physical comorbidity, n (%)

6 (27.3)

4 (44.4)

2 (15.4)

Mean BPRS score at admission (SD)

57.0 (14.8)

49.6 (14.2)

62.2 (12.9)

Mean GAF score at admission (SD)

17.5 (12.5)

20.9 (17.1)

14.2 (6.4)

Average length of stay (SD), day

66.7 (40.4)

66.5 (17.4)

65.2 (50.5)

  1. BPRS the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, GAF the Global Assessment of Functioning scale, SDM shared decision making