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Table 2 Sexual orientation differences in sociodemographics, diagnosis, and intake/discharge assessments of outcome variables

From: Sexual orientation differences in treatment expectation, alliance, and outcome among patients at risk for suicide in a public psychiatric hospital

 

Heterosexual M (SD) or n (%)

Sexual Minority M (SD) or n (%)

t.test or OR (95%-CI)

Cohen’s d (95%-CI)

Gender (% female)

257 (51)

82 (63)

1.59 (1.08–2.38)*

 

Age

40.10 (12.57)

35.68 (12.20)

3.67 (207.89)**

0.36 (0.16–0.55)

Level of educationa

2.43 (1.12)

2.35 (1.06)

0.83 (213.43)

0.08 (−0.11–0.27)

Income (Euro per month, net)

1271.94 (1118.94)

1130.81 (1298.88)

1.14 (183.44)

0.12 (−0.07–0.31)

Nationality (% Austrian)

442 (88)

116 (89)

0.96 (0.51–1.71)

 

Mother language (% German)

452 (90)

119 (91)

0.92 (0.45–1.73)

 

Length of stay

24.08 (24.61)

30.01 (34.00)

−1.87 (167.15)

−0.22 (−0.41 − −0.02)

Diagnosis

 F0: Mental disorders due to known physical conditions

20 (4)

2 (2)

0.40 (0.05–1.40)

 

 F1: Substance-related disorders

137 (27)

38 (29)

1.09 (0.69–1.66)

 

 F2: Psychotic disorders

25 (5)

6 (5)

0.93 (0.34–2.20)

 

 F3: Mood disorders

383 (76)

97 (74)

0.88 (0.57–1.39)

 

 F4: Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform disorders

176 (35)

44 (34)

0.94 (0.62–1.40)

 

 F5: Disorders associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors

34 (7)

11 (8)

1.27 (0.60–2.52)

 

 F6: Personality disorders

90 (18)

38 (29)

1.87 (1.19–2.90)**

 

 F7: Mental retardation

26 (5)

5 (4)

0.74 (0.24–1.84)

 

 F8: Pervasive and specific developmental disorders

16 (3)

2 (2)

0.50 (0.07–1.81)

 

 F9: Disorders with onset in childhood/adolescence

6 (1)

4 (3)

2.63 (0.64–9.63)

 

Intake Assessment

 Suicide Ideation

8.24 (8.64)

10.43 (9.00)

−2.49 (197.06)*

−0.25 (−0.44 − −0.06)

 Hopelessness

30.78 (5.35)

31.36 (4.94)

−1.16 (216.43)

−0.11 (−0.30–0.08)

 Depression

28.68 (12.07)

30.55 (11.34)

−1.66 (213.35)

−0.16 (−0.35–0.04)

 Suicide attempt

224 (45)

70 (53)

1.42 (0.97–2.10)

 

Discharge Assessment

 Suicide Ideation

3.44 (6.33)

5.12 (7.31)

−2.40 (184.01)*

−0.26 (−0.45 − −0.06

 Hopelessness

27.24 (5.59)

27.69 (5.44)

−0.83 (207.62)

−0.08 (−0.27–0.11)

 Depression

16.17 (11.68)

17.77 (12.57)

−1.32 (192.60)

−0.14 (−0.33–0.06)

  1. Note:
  2. *p < .05. **p < .01
  3. aLevel of education was coded ordinally as compulsory schooling (1), compulsory schooling plus apprenticeship (2), A-level (3), academic degree (applied sciences: 4, regular university: 5). 72 participants reported “other” education which could not be categorized ordinally and were thus coded as missing. Of note, a Chi-squared test using all education categories produced similar results