Characteristic | Completers | Non-completers | p-Valuea | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD)/% | N | M (SD)/% | N | ||
Age | 40.2 (12.8) | 309 | 40.3 (13.4) | 89 | 0.95 |
Gender (%) | |||||
 Male | 39.0 | 121 | 44.3 | 39 | 0.37 |
 Female | 61.0 | 189 | 55.7 | 49 |  |
Ethnic background (%) | |||||
 White British | 53.1 | 164 | 56.2 | 50 | 0.64 |
 White Other | 11.0 | 34 | 6.7 | 6 |  |
 Black/Black British | 19.1 | 59 | 23.6 | 21 |  |
 Asian/Asian British | 9.7 | 30 | 7.9 | 7 |  |
 Mixed | 7.1 | 22 | 5.6 | 5 |  |
Born in the UK (%) | |||||
 No | 23.6 | 72 | 19.3 | 17 | 0.40 |
 Yes | 76.4 | 233 | 80.7 | 71 |  |
Housing (%) | |||||
 Independent accommodation | 91.9 | 284 | 82.0 | 73 | 0.01 |
 Other | 8.1 | 25 | 18.0 | 16 |  |
Contact with children under 16 (%) | |||||
 Living with dependent children | 16.5 | 51 | 18.0 | 16 | 0.73 |
 Other | 83.6 | 259 | 82.0 | 73 |  |
Education attainment (%) | |||||
 No qualifications | 17.5 | 54 | 24.7 | 22 | 0.18 |
 Other qualifications | 53.4 | 165 | 53.9 | 48 |  |
 Degree | 29.1 | 90 | 21.4 | 19 |  |
Employment (%) | |||||
 No | 60.3 | 187 | 78.7 | 70 | 0.01 |
 In voluntary, protected or sheltered work | 9.0 | 28 | 5.6 | 5 |  |
 In regular employment | 30.7 | 95 | 15.7 | 14 |  |
Living with a partner or with family (%) | |||||
 No | 55.7 | 172 | 46.1 | 41 | 0.11 |
 Yes | 44.3 | 137 | 53.9 | 48 |  |
Loneliness (range 8–32) | 21.9 (4.9) | 310 | 21.7 (5.4) | 89 | 0.68 |
Social network size (range 0–10) | 4.9 (2.3) | 310 | 4.8 (2.2) | 89 | 0.55 |
Social capital (range − 6 − 6) | 2.6 (2.8) | 308 | 2.2 (3.4) | 88 | 0.28 |
Number of psychiatric inpatient hospitalisations (%) | |||||
 Never | 37.1 | 115 | 37.1 | 33 | 0.37 |
 Once | 21.9 | 68 | 20.2 | 18 |  |
 2–5 times | 26.8 | 83 | 21.4 | 19 |  |
 More than 5 times | 14.2 | 44 | 21.4 | 19 |  |
Number of years since first contact with mental health services (%) | |||||
 Less than 3 months | 18.1 | 56 | 12.5 | 11 | 0.57 |
 3 months – 1 year | 9.0 | 28 | 12.5 | 11 |  |
 1–2 years | 6.8 | 21 | 8.0 | 7 |  |
 2–10 years | 30.7 | 95 | 35.2 | 31 |  |
 More than 10 years | 35.5 | 110 | 31.8 | 28 |  |
Diagnosis (%) | |||||
 Psychosis | 25.2 | 77 | 33.7 | 29 | 0.31 |
 Bipolar affective disorder/Manic episode | 16.7 | 51 | 15.1 | 13 |  |
 Depressive/Anxiety disorders | 37.3 | 114 | 26.7 | 23 |  |
 Personality disorders | 12.4 | 38 | 16.3 | 14 |  |
 Other disorders | 8.5 | 26 | 8.1 | 7 |  |
Overall symptom severity (range 24–168) | 43.5 (11.5) | 309 | 45.1 (12.9) | 84 | 0.29 |
Affective symptoms (range 4–28) | 12.5 (5.5) | 310 | 12.7 (6.4) | 89 | 0.80 |
Self-rated recovery (range 0–88) | 51.8 (17.0) | 308 | 50.4 (18.6) | 89 | 0.52 |
Health-related quality of life (range 0–100) | 52.9 (23.6) | 309 | 53.1 (26.0) | 87 | 0.96 |