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Table 1 Comparison of baseline variables between respondents who participated at follow-up and those who did not

From: Loneliness as a predictor of outcomes in mental disorders among people who have experienced a mental health crisis: a 4-month prospective study

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

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation, N number of participants
  2. For instruments (loneliness, social network size, social capital, overall symptom severity, affective symptoms, self-rated recovery, health-related quality of life) range of scores is indicated between brackets
  3. aSignificant p-values printed in bold