Table 1 Distribution of risk factors for violence in severe mental illness in Hunan and in comparison with the original Swedish cohort
Variables | Hunan (N = 330) | Sweden (n = 2248) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (IQR) | 36 | 25–47 | 36 | 29–45 |
n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 272 | 82.4 | 1938 | 86.0 |
Female | 58 | 17.6 | 310 | 14.0 |
Employment | ||||
Employed | 27 | 8.2 | 171 | 7.6 |
Unemployed | 288 | 87.3 | 2077 | 92.4 |
Any previous alcohol use disorder | ||||
Yes | – | – | 780 | 34.7 |
Any previous drug use disorder | ||||
Yes | – | – | 1050 | 49.0 |
Previous violent crime | ||||
Yes | 206 | 62.4 | 1836 | 81.7 |
Previous inpatient episodes | ||||
≥5 | 8 | 2.4 | 1110 | 52.6 |
3–4 | 25 | 7.6 | – | – |
1–2 | 90 | 27.3 | – | – |
0 | 10 | 3.0 | – | – |
Primary diagnosis | ||||
Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders | 224 | 67.9 | 944 | 45.7 |
Bipolar disorder | 29 | 8.8 | 130 | 6.3 |
Unipolar depression | 0 | 0 | 97 | 4.7 |
Anxiety disorders | 2 | 0.6 | 139 | 6.7 |
Other | 75 | 22.7 | 754 | 36.5 |
Drug use disorder at hospitalization or discharge | ||||
Yes | 16 | 4.8 | 540 | 26.2 |
Alcohol use disorder at hospitalization or discharge | ||||
Yes | 9 | 2.7 | 217 | 10.6 |
Personality disorder at discharge | ||||
Yes | 4 | 1.2 | 536 | 27.3 |