Table 2.

Why Participants Attended Group

Question: “Why did you attend group today? What made you want to come? (Check all that apply)”
	After First Group Session						After Last Group Session Completed a
	All Participants (N=29b)		Outpatient (n=21)		Inpatient (n=8c)		All Participants (N= 29b)		Outpatient (n=20)		Inpatient (n=9d)
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed	endorsed
I thought writing would be helpful	19	65.5	15	71.4	4	50	21	72.4	16	80.0	5	55.6
I was curious	16	55.2	14	66.7	2	25	12	41.4	10	50.0	3	33. 3
I thought I might learn something	13	44.8	10	47.6	3	37.5	19	65.5	14	70.0	5	55.6
I like talking about things with other people	13	44.8	10	47.6	3	37.5	19	65.5	16	80.0	3	33.3
It sounded fun	10	34.5	7	33.3	3	37.5	10	34.5	7	35.0	3	33.3
Other	8	27.6	7	33.3	1	12.5	6	20.7	5	25.0	1	11.1
I wanted to distract myself from something	5	17.2	3	14.3	2	25	7	24.1	4	20.0	3	33.3
I like the person leading the group	5	17.2	4	19.1	1	12.5	12	41.4	10	50.0	2	22.2
I had nothing better to do	2	6.9	1	4.8	1	12.5	3	10.3	1	5.0	2	22.2
I did not feel comfortable saying no	1	3.5	1	4.8	0	0	3	10.3	2	10.0	1	11.1

Note. Items rank ordered from most to least popular responses across all participants after group 1; # = number; % = percentage

^aAfter last group session completed represents the survey data from the highest number of completed group sessions per subject (including 1 group if participants only completed 1 group session)

^bThirty-one participants completed the group but only 29 completed the questionnaire

^cTen participants completed the group but only 8 completed the questionnaire

^dTen participants completed the group but only 9 completed the questionnaire.