Table 2 Characteristics of the participants at baseline. The differences between the intervention and control group were analyzed for categorical variables with Chi2 and for continuous variables with a t-test
Chi2 | Total n (%) | Intervention group n (%) | Control group n (%) | p-value |
Participants | 118 (100) | 58 (49.2) | 60 (50.8) | |
Female | 50 (42.4) | 27 (22.9) | 23 (19.5) | 0.3664 |
Psychiatric diseasea | 0.4734 | |||
Schizophrenia / Schizoaffec-tive disorder (ICD-10 F2x.) | 104 (68.4) | 52 (34.2) | 52 (34.2) | |
Bipolar disorder (ICD-10 F3x.) | 48 (31.6) | 21 (13.8) | 27 (17.8) | |
Education: | 0.0002 | |||
< 10 years | 32 (32.3) | 6 (6.1) | 26 (26.3) | |
10 years | 42 (42.4) | 25 (25.3) | 17 (17.2) | |
> 10 years | 25 (25.3) | 17 (17.2) | 8 (8.1) | |
Employment: | 0.3483 | |||
Not employed | 98 (85.2) | 45 (39.1) | 53 (46.1) | |
Marginally employed | 5 (4.4) | 3 (2.6) | 2 (1.7) | |
Employed | 12 (10.4) | 8 (7.0) | 4 (3.5) | |
Social living situation: | 0.9299 | |||
Living alone | 56 (51.4) | 27 (24.8) | 29 (26.6) | |
Living with spouse, partner or assisted living | 53 (48.6) | 26 (23.9) | 27 (24.8) | |
t-test | Total mean (SD) | Intervention group mean (95% CI) | Control group mean (95% CI) | p-value |
age | 42.9 (13.0) | 43.9 (40.5–47.4) | 42.0 (38.6–45.2) | 0.4099 |
Social support | 48.9 (13.1) | 48.8 (10.8–15.8) | 48.9 (11.3–16.6) | 0.9480 |
GAF | 55.3 (11.0) | 55.5 (9.1–13.2) | 55.2 (9.7–14.0) | 0.8951 |
WHOQOL total quality of life | 87.2 (14.0) | 86.8 (83.0–90.8) | 87.6 (83.6–91.2) | 0.7927 |
WHOQOL domains: | ||||
Global | 49.3 (21.0) | 46.0 (39.9–52.2) | 52.4 (46.8–58.0) | 0.1246 |
Physical health | 56.3 (16.7) | 56.8 (51.9–61.5) | 55.8 (51.2–60.5) | 0.7931 |
Psychological | 56.3 (17.2) | 56.8 (51.9–61.7) | 55.8 (51.1–60.6) | 0.7740 |
Social relationships | 57.3 (21.3) | 53.7 (48.0–59.3) | 60.7 (54.5–66.9) | 0.0938 |
Environment | 66.1 (15.2) | 66.3 (62.2–70.5) | 65.9 (61.5–70.3) | 0.8826 |