From: Homesick: residential and care patterns in patients with severe mental illness
 | Independent housing (n = 103) | Sheltered housing (n = 59) | Psychiatric hospital (n = 100) | χ2/Pa | |||
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Socio-demographics | |||||||
 Age, mean (SD) | 46.1 | (10) | 45.7 | (10.5) | 43.8 | (11) | 0.261 |
Gender, n (%) | |||||||
 Male | 53 | (51.5) | 40 | (67.8) | 69 | (69) | 0.021 |
 Female | 50 | (48.5) | 19 | (32.2) | 31 | (30) |  |
Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||||
 Western | 72 | (69.9) | 30 | (50.8) | 61 | (61.6) | 0.055 |
 Non-Western | 31 | (30.1) | 29 | (49.2) | 38 | (38.4) |  |
Education, n (%)b | |||||||
 Primary/secondary education | 72 | (69.9) | 50 | (84.7) | 82 | (82) |  |
 Higher education | 25 | (24.3) | 8 | (13.6) | 8 | (8) | 0.006 |
 Unknown | 6 | (5.8) | 1 | (1.7) | 10 | (10) |  |
Diagnosis, n (%)b | |||||||
 Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | 72 | (69.9) | 49 | (83.1) | 95 | (95) |  |
 Mood disorders/anxiety disorders/axis II disorders | 21 | (20.4) | 3 | (11.5) | 2 | (7.7) | 0.000 |
 Substance use disorders | 10 | (9.7) | 7 | (11.7) | 3 | (3) |  |
Comorbid substance use disorders, n (%) | 21 | (20.4) | 27 | (45.8) | 22 | (22) | ≤0.001 |
Medication non-adherence | 38 | (40) | 28 | (51.9) | 40 | (44) | 0.375 |
Symptoms (BPRS-E), mean (SD)c | |||||||
 Positive symptoms | 1.6 | (0.8) | 1.5 | (0.6) | 2.1 | (1.0) | 0.000 |
 Negative symptoms | 1.2 | (0.3) | 1.3 | (0.4) | 1.7 | (0.7) | 0.000 |
 Depression & Anxiety | 1.8 | (0.8) | 1.7 | (0.6) | 2.0 | (0.8) | 0.067 |
 Disorganisation | 1.2 | (0.2) | 1.3 | (0.4) | 1.6 | (0.6) | 0.000 |
 BPRS total | 1.4 | (0.4) | 1.4 | (0.4) | 1.8 | (0.5) | 0.000 |
Substance use (MATE), mean (SD)c,d | |||||||
 Alcohol | 5.4 | (10.2) | 8.5 | (12.4) | 4.7 | (10) | 0.362 |
 Cannabis | 2.3 | (7.2) | 6.2 | (11.3) | 3.4 | (8.9) | 0.007 |
 Hard drugs (cocaine, stimulants, 3,4-methylenedioxy- methamphetamine, opiates) | 1.7 | (7) | 5.1 | (12.1) | 1.3 | (7.1) | 0.001 |