Is the level of institutionalisation found in psychiatric housing services associated with the severity of illness and the functional impairment of the patients? A patient record analysis

Table 3 Linear Regression models for the association between clinical characteristics and accommodation setting

	GAF		CGI
	b	p	b	p
Type of housing: “No housing support” as reference category
Private household with add. welfare supp.	-0.433	0.799	-0.264	0.114
Foster families for adults	1.089	0.603	-0.520	0.012
Staffed apartments	-1.340	0.634	-0.188	0.494
Intensively staffed group homes	4.570	0.002	-0.129	0.379
Psychiatric nursing homes	-0.941	0.578	-0.108	0.513
Control variables
Age	-0.117	0.005	0.002	0.613
Gender	-0.105	0.923	-0.144	0.176
Living situation (single)	2.098	0.364	-0.178	0.429
Diagnosis of schizophrenia	-3.467	0.002	0.238	0.029
Constant	38.762	0.000	7.069	0.000
F/p	4.47	0.000	2.23	0.021
R²	0.143		0.058
N	250		250

Abbreviations: GAF Global Assessment of Functioning, CGI Clinical Global Impression;
Statistical parameters: b = regression coefficient; p = level of significance; F = value on F-distribution for variances; R² = fit of regression analysis as degree of explanation effect by this model; N = sample size
Dichotomous variables: gender: women = 0; men = 1; living situation: 0 = single; 1 = living in couple; diagnosis: 1 = schizophrenia; 0 = any other diagnosis according to ICD-10

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