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. 2024 Mar 18;7(3):e240640. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0640

Table. Clinical and Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Studya.

Characteristic Swedish discovery sample (n = 20 000) Swedish validation sample (n = 4052) Finnish validation sample (n = 1490)
Died within 2 y (n = 350) Survived (n = 19 650) t2/z P value Died within 2 y (n = 68) Survived (n = 3984) t2/z P value Died within 2 y (n = 31) Survived (n = 1459) t2/z P value
Age, mean (SD), y 31.2 (7.92) 29.0 (8.10) t = 5.19 <.001 30.7 (7.40) 29.0 (8.10) t = 1.8 .07 29.50 (8.61) 29.70 (7.97) t = −0.08  .93
Sex
Male 269 (76.9) 12 168 (61.9) χ2 = 31.98 <.001 51 (75.0) 2440 (61.2) χ2 = 4.78 .03 26 (83.9) 893 (61.2) χ2 = 5.67  .02
Female 81 (23.1) 7482 (38.1) 17 (25.0) 1544 (38.8) 5 (16.1) 566 (38.8)
Education, yb
Elementary, ≤9 126 (36.0) 6037 (30.7) χ2 = 9.83 .007 23 (33.8) 1236 (31.0) χ2 = 3.51 .17 NA NA NA NA
High school, 10-12 157 (44.9) 7578 (38.6) 34 (50.0) 1456 (36.5) NA NA
University or college, >12 51 (14.6) 3949 (20.1) 10 (14.7) 836 (21.0) NA NA
Any employment (in year before FEP) 129 (36.9) 6690 (34.1) χ2 = 1.09 .30 20 (29.4) 1346 (33.8) χ2 = 0.39 .53 NA NA NA NA
Receiving disability pension at baseline 60 (17.1) 2417 (12.3) χ2 = 6.99 .008 9 (13.2) 498 (12.5) χ2 = 0 >.99 NA NA NA NA
On sick leave at baseline 19 (5.5) 1504 (7.7) χ2 = 2.11  .15 <5 301 (7.6) z = 0.23  .76 NA NA NA NA
Duration of first hospitalization, median (range), 5 (1-95) 2 (0-100) z = 5.03 <.001 3 (0-87) 2 (0-100) z = 1.04  .30 38 (1-95) 45 (0-100) z = −1.67  .09
Place of FEP diagnosis
Inpatient care 163 (46.6) 7138 (36.3) χ2 = 15.14 <.001 31 (45.6) 1454 (36.5) χ2 = 2.01  .16 31 (100) 1459 (100) χ2 = 0  >.99
Outpatient care 187 (53.4) 12 512 (63.7) 37 (54.4) 2530 (63.5) 0 0
FEP diagnosis, ICD-10 code
Schizophrenia, F20 18 (5.1) 1144 (5.8) χ2 = 6.78  .24 6 (8.8) 234 (5.9) z  = 0.68  .49 25 (80.7) 1200 (82.3) χ2 < 0.001  >.99
Delusional disorder, F22 30 (8.6) 1968 (10.0) <5 410 (10.3) 0 0
Brief psychotic disorder, F23 150 (42.9) 7224 (36.8) 24 (35.3) 1423 (35.7)
Schizoaffective disorder, F25 5 (1.4) 440 (2.2) 0 92 (2.3) 6 (19.4) 259 (17.8)
Unspecified psychosis, F29 138 (39.4) 8179 (41.6) 33 (48.5) 1687 (42.3) 0 0
Other psychotic disorder 9 (2.6) 695 (3.5) <5 138 (3.5) 0 0
Substance use comorbidities (within year before FEP)
Alcohol related 35 (10.0) 819 (4.2) χ2 = 27.20 <.001 7 (10.3) 155 (3.9) χ2 = 5.57  .02 <5 73 (5.0) z  = 0.43  .67
Opioid related 27 (7.7) 331 (1.7) χ2 = 67.73 <.001 5 (7.4) 56 (1.4) χ2 = 12.19 <.001 0 18 (1.2) z < 0.001 >.99
Cannabis related 14 (4.0) 700 (3.6) χ2 = 0.09 .77 <5 125 (3.1) z < 0.001  >.99 0 15 (1.0) z < 0.001 >.99
Stimulant related 23 (6.6) 359 (1.8) χ2 = 38.82 <.001 <5 66 (1.7) z = 1.61  .11 <5 21 (1.4) z  = 1.75  .08
Multiple drug use 78 (22.3) 1367 (7.0) χ2 = 118.27 <.001 17 (25.0) 238 (6.0) χ2 = 37.88 <.001 <5 29 (2.0) z  = 1.50 .13

Abbreviations: FEP, first-episode psychosis; ICD-10, International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision; NA, not available.

a

Unless indicated otherwise, values are presented as No. (%) of patients.

b

Information missing for some individuals.