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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of ‘At home’ participants by consent status at enrolment visit

From: Accuracy of reported service use in a cohort of people who are chronically homeless and seriously mentally ill

Variable

The entire sample (n = 497) n (%)/mean (SD)

Eligible samplea (n = 433) n (%)/mean (SD)

Not eligible sampleb (n = 64) n (%)/mean (SD)

P valuec

Age at randomization (in years)

40.8 (11.0)

40.8 (11.0)

41.4 (11.0)

0.682

Age of first homelessness (in years)

30.3 (13.3)

30.1 (13.4)

31.9 (12.6)

0.301

Female gender

134 (27)

112 (26)

22 (34)

0.165

Ethnicity

 Aboriginals

77 (16)

70 (16)

7 (11)

0.054

 White

280 (56)

235 (54)

45 (70)

 

 Other

140 (28)

128 (30)

12 (19)

 

Incomplete High School

280 (57)

247 (57)

33 (52)

0.376

Single/Never Married

343 (70)

293 (68)

50 (79)

0.071

Need level (high)

297 (60)

255 (59)

42 (66)

0.305

Housing first interventions

297 (60)

257 (59)

40 (63)

0.632

Lifetime duration of homelessness (in months)

60.2 (70.3)

58.3 (64.8)

72.9 (99.8)

0.124

Longest episode of homelessness (in months)

30.9 (40.1)

30.4 (39.5)

34.1 (44.4)

0.498

Less severe cluster of mental disorders

264 (53)

235 (54)

29 (45)

0.180

Severe cluster of mental disorders

363 (73)

311 (72)

52 (81)

0.113

Suicidality (high)

87 (17)

79 (18)

8 (12)

0.259

Substance dependence

288 (58)

252 (58)

36 (56)

0.768

Daily substance use

143 (29)

131 (30)

12 (19)

0.064

Mental health severity/CSI score (per unit)

37.2 (12.5)

37.4 (12.5)

35.8 (12.9)

0.371

Chronic Medical Conditions (3 or more)

344 (69)

305 (70)

39 (61)

0.124

Blood-borne Infectious Disease (HIV, Hep. B or C)

157 (32)

139 (32)

18 (29)

0.603

Hospitalized for mental illness in last 5 yearsd

 Over 6 months

57 (11)

44 (10)

13 (20)

0.017

 Two times or more

253 (51)

215 (50)

38 (59)

0.146

Hospitalization in last 6 months

212 (43)

187 (43)

25 (39)

0.533

Any formal charge in last 6 months

111 (23)

101 (24)

10 (16)

0.172

Jail in last 6 months

69 (14)

62 (14)

7 (11)

0.465

Source of income (disability or income assistance) in past month

469 (94)

408 (94)

61 (95)

0.725

  1. aOut of 497 participants, 433 provided consent to access to administrative health data and were linkable to health records
  2. bOut of 64 participants, 60 didn’t consent to access to administrative health data and 4 provided consent, but were unlink-able to health records
  3. c P values based on comparisons of characteristics between eligible participants and non-eligible participants in the entire sample
  4. dDidn’t know was considered as no
  5. Bold signifies statistical significance
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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