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Table 1 Each service (versus all others) on the care pathway: demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Which pathways to psychiatric care lead to earlier treatment and a shorter duration of first-episode psychosis?

Contacts on care pathway

GP

NRH

CHSC

CJS

HospMed

PS

A&E

EC

Characteristics

N

n (row%) and P values (X2or Exact test)

Age

25 or less

166

58 (34.94)

4 (2.41)

9 (5.42)

44 (26.5)

1 (0.6)

7 (4.22)

39 (23.49)

4 (2.41)

 

>25 to 32

159

49 (30.82)

4 (2.52)

14 (8.81)

49 (25.16)

2 (1.26)

1 (0.63)

44 (27.67)

5 (3.14)

 

>32

155

62 (40.00)

4 (2.58)

13 (8.39)

38 (24.52)

4 (2.58)

7 (4.52)

19 (12.26)

8 (5.16)

   

P = 0.23

P = 1.00*

P = 0.45

P = 0.92

P = 0.27*

P = 0.06*

P = 0.003

P = 0.43*

Gender

Male

294

81 (27.55)

8 (2.72)

21 (7.14)

97 (32.99)

2 (0.68)

10 (3.40)

63 (21.43)

12 (4.08)

 

Female

186

88 (47.31)

4 (2.15)

15 (8.06)

25 (13.44)

5 (2.69)

5 (2.69)

39 (20.97)

5 (2.69)

   

P < 0.001

P = 0.77*

P = 0.71

P < 0.001

P = 0.12*

P = 0.79*

P = 0.90

P = 0.46*

Single

No

202

91 (45.05)

7 (2.52)

21 (10.40)

31 (15.35)

4 (1.98)

4 (1.98)

42 (20.79)

4 (1.98)

 

Yes

278

78 (28.06)

5 (2.48)

15 (5.40)

91 (32.73)

3 (1.08)

11 (3.96)

60 (21.58)

13 (4.68)

   

P < 0.001

P = 1.00*

P = 0.04

P < 0.001

P = 0.46*

P = 0.29*

P = 0.83

P = 0.14*

Qualifications

No

255

88 (34.51)

8 (3.14)

22 (8.63)

69 (27.06)

5 (1.96)

4 (1.57)

51 (20.00)

8 (3.14)

 

Yes

214

75 (35.05)

4 (1.87)

14 (6.54)

52 (24.30)

1 (0.47)

11 (5.14)

48 (22.43)

9 (4.21)

   

P = 0.90

P = 0.56*

P = 0.40

P = 0.50

P = 0.23*

P = 0.04*

P = 0.52

P = 0.62*

Social class

I,II,III

113

46 (40.71)

1 (0.88)

6 (5.31)

29 (25.66)

1 (0.88)

2 (1.77)

23 (20.35)

5 (4.42)

 

IV,V

226

73 (32.30)

6 (2.65)

15 (6.64)

61 (26.99)

3 (1.33)

6 (2.65)

53 (23.45)

9 (3.98)

 

Unclassified

141

50 (35.46)

5 (3.55)

15 (10.64)

32 (22.70)

3 (2.13)

7 (4.96)

26 (18.44)

3 (2.13)

   

P = 0.31

P = 0.42*

P = 0.22

P = 0.65

P = 0.79*

P = 0.37*

P = 0.50

P = 0.56*

Born in UK

No

239

86 (35.98)

9 (3.77)

16 (6.69)

52 (21.76)

5 (2.09)

8 (3.35)

57 (23.85)

6 (2.51)

 

Yes

241

83 (34.44)

3 (1.24)

20 (8.30)

70 (29.05)

2 (0.83)

7 (2.9)

45 (18.67)

11 (4.56)

   

P = 0.72

P = 0.09*

P = 0.51

P = 0.07

P = 0.28*

P = 0.78

P = 0.17

P = 0.32*

Ethnicity

White

177

65 (36.72)

3 (1.69)

11 (6.21)

37 (20.90)

4 (2.26)

5 (2.82)

40 (22.60)

12 (6.78)

 

Black

160

43 (26.88)

0

13 (8.13)

60 (37.50)

2 (1.25)

5 (3.13)

33 (20.63)

4 (2.5)

 

Indian sub-continent

114

54 (47.37)

8 (7.02)

7 (6.14)

13 (11.40)

1 (0.88)

5 (4.39)

25 (21.93)

1 (0.88)

 

Other

29

17 (24.14)

1 (3.45)

5 (17.24)

12 (41.38)

0

0

4 (13.79)

0

   

P = 0.003

P = 0.002*

P = 0.21*

P < 0.001

P = 0.81*

P = 0.80*

P = 0.78*

P = 0.04*

Diagnosis of schizophrenia

Yes

165

45 (27.27)

5 (3.03)

16 (9.70)

53 (32.12)

1 (0.61)

6 (3.64)

36 (21.82)

3 (1.82)

No

315

124 (39.37)

7 (2.22)

20 (6.35)

69 (21.90)

6 (1.90)

9 (2.86)

66 (20.95)

14 (4.44)

   

P = 0.008

P = 0.56*

P = 0.19

P = 0.02

P = 0.43*

P = 0.64

P = 0.83

P = 0.19*

Detained within a week

Yes

253

78 (30.83)

7 (2.77)

22 (8.70)

78 (30.83)

6 (2.37)

9 (3.56)

45 (17.79)

8 (3.16)

No

221

89 (40.27)

5 (2.26)

13 (5.88)

42 (19.00)

1 (0.45)

6 (2.71)

56 (25.34)

9 (4.07)

   

P = 0.03

P = 0.78*

P = 0.24

P = 0.003

P = 0.13*

P = 0.60

P = 0.05

P = 0.63*

Close perons^

mean (sd)

433

4.3 (4.15)

5.64 (4.70)

2.20 (2.32)

3.83 (3.63)

3.83 (2.99)

2.71 (2.76)

4.91 (4.80)

2.77 (1.99)

  1. Note. *Exact test.
  2. ^Kruskal Wallis X2 = 19.51, df = 7 P = 0.007.
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