Characteristics | Intervention group (n = 93) | Control group (n = 144) | Statistical test for the differencea |
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Demographic | |||
Female gender, n(%) | 57 (61.3) | 55 (38.2) | χ2(1) = 12.173*** |
Age, years: median (IQRb) | 41.7 (20.3) | 45.7 (20.1) | z = 1.432 |
Swiss citizenship, n(%) | 74 (79.6) | 103 (71.5) | χ2(1) = 1.969 |
Educational level, n(%) | |||
 None/compulsory | 40 (43.0) | 67 (46.5) | χ2(2) = 3.467 |
 Secondary | 47 (50.5) | 59 (41.0) | |
 Tertiary | 6 (6.5) | 18 (12.5) | |
Married, n(%) | 34 (36.6) | 32 (22.2) | χ2(1) = 5.700* |
Living alone, n (%) | 32 (34.4) | 74 (51.4) | χ2(1) = 6.665* |
Employed, n (%) | 18 (19.4) | 33 (22.9) | χ2(1) = 0.429 |
Clinical | Â | Â | Â |
Compulsory admission, n (%) | 15 (16.1) | 43 (29.9) | χ2(1) = 6.001* |
Primary diagnosis (ICD-10), n (%) | |||
 Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of psychoactive substances (F1) | 4 (4.3) | 19 (13.2) | χ2(5) = 20.706** |
 Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F2) | 24 (25.8) | 45 (31.3) | |
 Mood [affective] disorders (F3) | 29 (31.2) | 41 (28.5) | |
 Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (F4) | 12 (12.9) | 19 (13.2) | |
 Disorders of personality and behaviour in adult persons (F6) | 24 (25.8) | 14 (9.7) | |
 Other disorders (F5, F8, F9, Z) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (4.2) | |
Presence of a secondary diagnosis, n (%) | 59 (63.4) | 87 (60.4) | χ2(1) = 0.219 |
Num. previous hospitalizations: median (IQR) | 1 (3) | 2 (4) | z = 2.887** |
HoNOS at admissionc: median (IQR) | 18 (8) | 16 (9) | z = -1.045 |