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Table 1 Continuity of care and number of contacts of the study patients and both subgroups during the 20 months observation period

From: Association between continuity of care and treatment outcomes in psychiatric patients in Germany: a prospective cohort study

 

Total

Patient group with higher continuity of care

Patient group with lower continuity of care

p -value

Patients

n

323

158

165

 

 Continuity of care

mean (SD a )

0.55 (0.425)

0.95 (0.082)

0.17 (0.213)

 < 0.001

median

0.67

1.0

0.0

 

range

0.0–1.0

0.71–1.0

0.0–0.67

 

 Number of inpatient stays (initial stay included)

mean (SD)

3.01 (3.062)

2.55 (2.550)

3.44 (3.435)

0.009

median

2

2

2

 

range

1–22

1–19

1–22

 

 Days of inpatient treatment (initial stay included)

mean (SD)

78.01 (74.831)

73.56 (76.122)

82.27 (73.553)

0.296

median

51.00

44.50

61.00

 

range

4–417

4–417

6–397

 

 Number of day care stays

mean (SD)

0.69 (1.059)

0.84 (1.038)

0.55 (1.062)

0.012

median

0.00

1

0

 

range

0–8

0–6

0–8

 

 Number of outpatient contacts

mean (SD)

7.50 (12.448)

9.85 (14.657)

5.24 (9.384)

 < 0.001

median

3

4

1

 

range

0–91

0–91

0–65

 
  1. a SD standard deviation