variable in current study | categorization in current study | prior research with similar variable |
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Socio-demographic variables | ||
age at admission | numerical | |
gender | dichotomous (female, male) | |
marital status at time of index offence | dichotomous (married, single) | |
level of education | dichotomous (graduation from mandatory schooling/ no graduation from mandatory schooling) | |
employment at time of index offence | unemployed/ employed/ other (retired…) | |
country of birth Switzerland | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
religion | Catholic/Muslim/other | |
homelessness at index offence | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
Childhood variables | ||
childhood history of physical abuse | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [5] |
childhood history of sexual abuse | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [7] |
relationship instability in childhood | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
parental psychiatric history | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
sexual deviation in childhood | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [7] |
psychiatric admission in childhood | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
alcohol abuse in childhood | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
school maladjustment | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
poor family socioeconomic status (according to the definition of poverty by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2016 [45]) | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [35] |
childhood aggression | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
separation from caregiver | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
Offence related variables | ||
index offence leading to admission | homicide, including attempted/assault/threat, coercion/sexual abuse of children/rape, sexual assault/other sexual offence/ property crime without violence/property crime with violence/arson/criminal damage/traffic offences/offences against the controlled substances act/offences against the weapons act/other offences | |
age at index offence | numeric | |
number of index offences | numeric | |
any previous conviction | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
age at first conviction | numeric | |
victim injured deadly/severely | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
number of victims | numeric | [34] |
victim known to offender | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
alcohol involved at offence | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [42] |
previous forensic psychiatric admissions | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
withdrawal of conditional release | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [16] |
residual criminal responsibility | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
Psychiatric variables | ||
number of previous psychiatric admissions | numeric | |
age at first admission | numeric | |
specific schizophrenic spectrum disorder | schizophrenia/schizotypal disorder/acute psychotic disorder/schizoaffective disorder | |
personality disorder lifetime | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
mood disorder lifetime | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
alcohol abuse lifetime | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
substance abuse lifetime | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
sexual deviation | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
level of intelligence | high/average/low | |
history of self-harming | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [6] |
history of suicide attempt(s) | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [6] |
delusions prior to admission | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
hallucinations prior to admission | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
cognitive impairment prior to admission | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [6] |
Current forensic hospitalization | ||
violent incidents | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
self-harming | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [6] |
suicide attempt(s) | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
attempts to substance use | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [1] |
escape attempt(s) | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
performance in occupational work | good/average/low | |
difficulties during psychological therapy | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [6] |
pharmacological treatment | dichotomous (yes/ no) | |
contact with family/friends | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [6] |
changes in diagnosis during current treatment | Dichotomous (yes/ no) | [6] |
admission source into current hospitalization | none/supervised living facility/prison/other forensic hospital/psychiatry | |
involuntary medication | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [31] |
insight into wrongfulness of offence | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [35] |
adherence (insight into illness and need of therapy) | dichotomous (yes/ no) | [26] |
PANSS at admission | numeric | |
PANSS at discharge | numeric |