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Table 1 Description of the JCP sample at baseline by refusal status

From: Informed, advance refusals of treatment by people with severe mental illness in a randomised controlled trial of joint crisis plans: demand, content and correlates

Variable

Category Value

Total N = 221

Treatment Refusal N = 99

p-value

Site

London

77

18 (23%)

 

Birmingham

75

42 (56%)

 

Manchester/Lancashire

69

39 (57%)

< 0.001

Sex

Male

113

48 (42%)

 

Female

108

51 (52%)

0.398

Age

mean (sd)

40.4 (11.5)

41.2 (11.6)

0.375

Ethnicity (grouped)

White-all

141

76 (54%)

 

Black/Black British - all

51

13 (25%)

 

Other

29

10 (35%)

0.001

Education

None

65

31 (48%)

 

School

103

41 (40%)

 

Vocational

24

14 (58%)

 

Higher

27

12 (44%)

0.386

Diagnosis OPCRIT groupeda

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

162

70 (43%)

 

Affective disorders

59

29 (49%)

0.432

Clinical measures over last two years

Number of admissions

mean (sd)

1.47 (0.92)

1.37 (0.71)

0.181

A formal Admission

No

91

40 (44%)

 

Yes

130

59 (45%)

0.768

Self-harm

No

175

81 (46%)

 

Yes

46

18 (39%)

0.385

Suicide attempt

No

162

73 (45%)

 

Yes

59

26 (44%)

0.895

Harm to others

No

196

88 (45%)

 

Yes

23

10 (43%)

0.897

Years in contact with MHS

mean (sd)

14.6 (9.4)

16.0 (9.9)

0.041

Perceived Coercion (MacArthur)

2.25 (1.6)

2.54 (1.5)

0.016

Engagement with care (SES)

9.21 (6.9)

8.74 (6.8)

0.397

Therapeutic relationship:

Self-rated (WAIC)

15.8 (6.3)

16.2 (6.3)

0.404

Therapist-rated (WAIT)

16.7 (5.0)

17.0 (5.2)

0.483

  1. a OPCRIT [31]