Table 1 Sample characteristics of participants of the total sample (n = 529) and the subsample with admission and discharge results (n = 227), as well as significant differences between the subsample and drop-outs (without discharge results)

Sociodemographic characteristics

 male

n (%)

300

(56.7%)

118

(52.0%)

182

(60.3%)

.057^A

 age (in years)

M (SD)

43.73

(11.53)

45.00

(11.28)

42.77

(11.65)

<.05^B

 unmarried

n (%)

370

(69.9%)

158

(69,6%)

212

(70.3%)

.090^A

 regular employment

n (%)

96

(18.1%)

42

(18.5%)

54

(17.9%)

.854^A

 no migration background

n (%)

394

(74.5%)

180

(79.3%)

214

(70.9%)

<.01^A

 German as native language

n (%)

410

(77.5%)

183

(80.6%)

227

(75.2%)

<.01^A

Clinical characteristics

 primary diagnoses

F2

n (%)

436

(82.4%)

177

(78.0%)

259

(85.8%)

.066^A

F3

n (%)

96

(17.6%)

50

(22.0%)

43

(14.2%)

 length of inpatient stay (in days)

M (SD)

46.17

(45.09)

48.44

(40.60)

44.46

(48.20)

<.01^B

 voluntarily admitted

n (%)

377

(71.3%)

159

(70.0%)

218

(72.2%)

.991^A

 no. of previous admissions

1

n (%)

40

(7.6%)

15

(6.6%)

25

(8.3%)

.459^A

2–5

n (%)

150

(28.4%)

70

(30.8%)

80

(26.5%)

> 5

n (%)

220

(41.6%)

91

(40.1%)

129

(42.7%)

 degree of severity of the disease (CGI)

Borderline case

n (%)

1

(0.2%)

1

(0.4%)

0

(0%)

.495^B

only slightly ill

n (%)

8

(1.5%)

1

(0.4%)

7

(2.3%)

moderately ill

n (%)

75

(14.2%)

32

(14.1%)

43

(14.2%)

clearly ill

n (%)

247

(46.7%)

112

(49.3%)

135

(44.7%)

seriously ill

n (%)

130

(24.6%)

51

(22.5%)

79

(26.2%)

extremely seriously ill

n (%)

9

(1.7%)

2

(0.9%)

7

(2.3%)