Table 1 Patient demographics and characteristics

Number of patients

1132

3105

251

884

335

451

410

392

84

434

52

944

Age, years, mean (SD)

38.9 (13.3)

39.4 (14.4)

38.8 (14.3)

40.4 (16.2)

38.5 (13.3)*

40.5 (14.3)

38.4 (12.4)

38.7 (13.8)

45.6 (14.0)

45.3 (14.4)

34.7 (10.5)

35.5 (11.7)

Gender: male, n (%)

733 (64.8)***

1706 (54.9)

149 (59.4)

516 (58.4)

222 (66.3)

276 (61.2)

285 (69.5)

250 (63.8)

50 (59.5)*

205 (47.2)

27 (51.9)

459 (48.6)

BMI, kg/m², mean (SD)

26.4 (4.8)***

25.4 (4.7)

(n=3103)

27.8 (5.4)

27.3 (4.8)

25.7 (4.5)

25.7 (4.8)

(n=449)

26.7 (4.4)

26.2 (5.2)

25.1 (4.6)***

23.2 (4.1)

24.8 (3.4)

24.1 (3.5)

Unable to finish education due to schizophrenia, n (%)

352 (39.6)***

(n=888)

733 (28.4)

(n=2579)

99 (51.0)**

(n=194)

254 (38.1) (n=666)

149 (54.2) (n=275)

186 (52.3) (n=356)

86 (29.3)*

(n=294)

113 (38.3)

(n=295)

10 (13.7)

(n=73)

42 (11.3)

(n=373)

8 (15.4)

138 (15.5) (n=889)

Living circumstance***

(n=3104)

(n=943)

Lives with relative(s), n (%)

520 (45.9)

1481 (47.7)

103 (41.0)

363 (41.1)

111 (33.1)

150 (33.3)

247 (60.2)

243 (62.0)

39 (46.4)

254 (58.5)

20 (38.5)

471 (50.0)

Lives with partner/spouse, n (%)

197 (17.4)

827 (26.6)

41 (16.3)

201 (22.7)

44 (13.1)

68 (15.1)

63 (15.4)

65 (16.6)

21 (25.0)

67 (15.4)

28 (53.9)

426 (45.2)

Lives with friend(s), n (%)

30 (2.7)

63 (2.0)

13 (5.2)

140 (15.8)

7 (2.1)

5 (1.1)

6 (1.5)

6 (1.5)

2 (2.4)

3 (0.7)

2 (3.9)

1 (0.1)

Lives alone, n (%)

237 (20.9)

474 (15.3)

42 (16.7)

140 (15.8)

127 (37.9)

187 (41.5)

50 (12.2)

46 (11.7)

18 (21.4)

84 (19.4)

0 (0.0)

17 (1.8)

Lives in group or supported housing, n (%)

97 (8.6)

160 (5.2)

36 (14.3)

91 (10.3)

29 (8.7)

23 (5.1)

28 (6.8)

20 (5.1)

4 (4.8)

19 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

7 (0.7)

Lives in homeless shelter/Homeless, n (%)

25 (2.2)

39 (1.3)

12 (4.8)

30 (3.4)

6 (1.8)

6 (1.3)

7 (1.7)

3 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Other, n (%)

26 (2.3)

60 (1.9)

4 (1.6)

11 (1.2)

11 (3.3)

12 (2.7)

9 (2.2)

9 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

7 (1.6)

21 (2.2)

2 (3.9)

Change in living circumstance in previous 12 months, n (%)

78 (7.9)**

(n=984)

141 (5.0)

(n=2806)

23 (12.2)

(n=189)

57 (7.9)

(n=721)

30 (10.2)

(n=295)

35 (8.6)

(n=407)

21 (5.7)

(n=370)

13 (3.5) (n=368)

3 (3.8)

(n=78)

11 (2.8)

(n=398)

1 (1.9)

25 (2.7)

(n=912)

Employment status

**

(n=3101)

**

(n=940)

Employed, n (%)

244 (21.6)

815 (26.3)

62 (24.7)

300 (33.9)

62 (18.5)

96 (21.3)

78 (19.0)

85 (21.7)

28 (33.3)

140 (32.3)

14 (26.9)

194 (20.6)

Unemployed, n (%)

743 (65.6)

1833 (59.1)

162 (64.5)

467 (52.8)

241 (71.9)

305 (67.6)

265 (64.6)

245 (62.5)

47 (56.0)

224 (51.6)

28 (53.9)

592 (63.0)

Other, n (%)

145 (12.8)

453 (14.6)

27 (10.8)

117 (13.2)

32 (9.6)

50 (11.1)

67 (16.3)

62 (15.8)

9 (10.7)

70 (16.1)

10 (19.2)

154 (16.4)

Has a caregiver, n (%)

559 (50.9)*

(n=1098)

1654 (54.9)

(n=3011)

88 (37.3)**

(n=236)

221 (26.1)

(n=848)

173 (52.0)*

(n=333)

191 (43.4)

(n=440)

226 (56.5) (n=400)

235 (60.4) (n=389)

24 (30.8) (n=78)

95 (24.2)

(n=393)

48 (94.1)

(n=51)

912 (96.9)

(n=941)

Has a professional caregiver, n (%)

118 (21.1)***

(n=559)

195 (11.8)

(n=1654)

27 (30.7)

(n=88)

62 (28.1)

(n=221)

39 (22.5)

(n=173)

45 (23.6) (n=191)

46 (20.4)** (n=226)

26 (11.1) (n=235)

5 (20.8)

(n=24)

19 (20.0)

(n=95)

1 (2.1) (n=48)

43 (4.7)

(n=912)

Hours per week receiving care, mean (SD)

30.3 (34.8)***

(n=551)

39.1 (36.5)

(n=1647)

28.8 (26.8)

(n=84)

36.2 (40.6)

(n=218)

15.6 (15.7)

(n=170)

19.8 (30.1)

(n=188)

38.5 (42.8)

(n=225)

35.5 (38.8)

(n=235)

19.3 (16.4)

(n=24)

25.8 (23.5)

(n=94)

52.9 (38.2)

(n=48)

46.1 (35.1)

(n=912)

Time since diagnosis, years, mean (SD)

10.8 (10.5)***

(n=743)

6.3 (9.8)

(n=2243)

10.3 (12.0)*

(n=107)

7.8 (10.5)

(n=445)

11.4 (10.2)

(n=239)

11.8 (10.9)

(n=294)

11.5 (9.8)

(n=303)

11.3 (11.0)

(n=297)

15.8 (13.0)*

(n=42)

11.8 (12.1)

(n=270)

0.9 (0.8)

0.7 (0.9)

(n=937)

Number of hospitalisations

In the past 12 months, mean (SD)

0.7 (1.3)***

(n=1072)

0.4 (0.9)

(n=2968)

0.9 (1.7)***

(n=229)

0.5 (1.2)

(n=805)

0.8 (1.7)**

(n=316)

0.6 (1.0)

(n=419)

0.5 (0.8)*

(n=402)

0.4 (0.7)

(n=384)

0.5 (0.7)

0.4 (0.8)

0.5 (0.6)

0.4 (0.6)

Since diagnosis, mean (SD)

3.0 (3.4)***

(n=486)

1.6 (2.9)

(n=1496)

2.5 (3.7)*

(n=67)

1.5 (3.3)

(n=211)

3.7 (4.0)

(n=133)

3.8 (5.4)

(n=172)

3.1 (3.1)

(n=223)

2.6 (3.1)

(n=209)

2.0 (2.6)

1.2 (1.8)

1.6 (1.6)***

0.9 (1.2)